Friends of Rouge Park 
General Membership Meeting
Tuesday, October 18 at 6:00pm
Don Bosco Hall, 19321 West Chicago St. Detroit (map)

Miss our last meeting?  See the minutes from the meeting here. Watch our Facebook page for updates here.
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Park Events Calendar
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Oct. 1, 10am Volunteer Work Day in the Rouge Park Prairie 

Volunteers needed to help finish cutting the brush out of the prairie trail.  Meet at the trailhead (Outer Drive south of Joy by the sign), wear long pants and long sleeves and closed shoes and bring loppers and hand saws if you have them.  Please RSVP below if you plan to attend.

     Volunteer Work Day in the Rouge Park Prairie RSVP form

Planning an event in Rouge Park?  submit the Special Events Application below to the City of Detroit Recreation Department.  For more information, please contact Lynn Shaw at LShaw@detroitmi.gov 313-224-1907 or 313-877-8075.
Mission Statement
To advocate for the protection and enhancement of the natural features and habitats found in Rouge Park and to promote existing activities and facilities and appropriate development of future recreational activities.

The organizations below are joint members of the Friends of Rouge Park.  If you would like your organization to join our coalition, please click the "Join/Renew" button above.

Member Organizations
Detroit Aero Modelers
Buffalo Soldiers Heritage Association
West Outer Drive Civic Association
Far West Detroit Civic Association
Friends of the Rouge
National Kidney Foundation
​Cody-Rouge Action Alliance
Motor City Mountain Bike Association
Michigan Black Horseman Assoc
Elite Archery,Inc.
Knuckles Health: Well-Able Walkers, Movers & Shakers Group ​

​Board of Directors
Sally Petrella, President
Arthur Edge, Vice President
Paul Stark, Secretary
Chester Marvin, Treasurer
Roger Cheek, Membership Chair
Lisa Goldsmith, Corresponding Secy
Paula Trilety, Trustee
​Roger Corpolongo, Trustee
Tom McNulty, Trustee
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Let's make sure Rouge Park is part of the plan for the revitalization of the Cody-Rouge area!!
Please come and help us advocate for Rouge Park
at the upcoming Cody-Rouge Planning Meeting
Tuesday Sept. 27, 5:30-7:30 (Dinner served!)
 At Don Bosco Hall Community Resource Center
19321 W. Chicago St., Detroit (map).
Click here for printable Cody-Rouge flyer
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Last year members of the Friends of Rouge Park helped raise over $250 by using their Kroger Cards.  If you are a member of the Friends of Rouge Park shop at Kroger, you can help us by designating Friends of Rouge Park under the Community Rewards program and we will receive a percentage of your purchases at no cost to you.  To sign up, please go to:
www.krogercommunityrewards.com   (step-by-step directions here).
To become a member of Friends of Rouge Park for only $5/year, click here.

***FOR THOSE OF YOU ALREADY ENROLLED, YOU MUST RE-ENROLL after April 1 each year.  
To do so, log in at above address, then look under Community
Rewards and choose Friends of Rouge Park.
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​The Friends of Rouge Park