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

Miss our last meeting?  Read the minutes from the meeting here. Watch our Facebook page for updates here.
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Park Events Calendar
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Sunday July 30, 2:00pm, Butterfly & Native Prairie Walk
Pre-registration and more info here.

The New Stone Bridge Nature Trail is Open!  
Come anytime and enjoy the trail and learn about nature with the six new interpretive signs along the trail!

Planning an event in Rouge Park?  submit the Special Events Application below to the City of Detroit Recreation Department.  For more information, please contact Tracey S. Lawrence-Thomas at  TLawrenc@detroitmi.gov 313-628-0967
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
Detroit Inspiring Connections Outdoors ​

​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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Come Explore Rouge Park!
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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