Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the Friends of Washington Park through the Roanoke Valley Preservation Foundation’s secure online portal to help raise funds to stabilize and restore the park’s historic caretaker’s Evans Cottage. All donations should be made payable to RVPF and noted as “for the Evans Cottage”. 

All funds raised, no matter the size, will help as 100% of all funds raised go directly toward the stabilization and restoration of this important piece of Roanoke’s history and our African American neighborhood.  

A couple of articles about our efforts to save this important structure:

• WSLS television “Residents Rally to Save Historic Caretaker’s Cottage”
• The Roanoke Tribune “Save the Caretaker’s House at Booker T. Washington Park”
• The Roanoke Rambler “A Tale of Two Cottages: In White and Black Roanoke, Efforts To Save History Take Distinct Paths”

Together, our success in preserving Roanoke’s Washington Park Caretaker’s Cottage will raise awareness to help ensure that the adjacent park’s open space is developed in a way that complements this historic cottage, the Washington Park neighborhood and our  community spaces. But we cannot do this without your help!

DONATE TO FRIENDS OF WASHINGTON PARK HISTORIC EVANS COTTAGE

Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the Friends of Washington Park through the Roanoke Valley Preservation Foundation’s secure online portal to help raise funds to stabilize and restore the park’s historic caretaker’s Evans Cottage.

The Roanoke Valley Preservation Foundation is serving as the fiscal agent for this campaign and all funds raised raised go directly toward the stabilization and restoration of this important piece of Roanoke’s history and our African American neighborhood.  

Donating is easy!

1) ONLINE:

You can easily donate online using your credit or debit card by clicking on the ‘Donate Online Arrow’ below.  Just remember to note in the “Your Public Posted Comment” field at the bottom of the online form that “Donated funds are for the Evans Cottage”. 

 

2) PAYPAL

You can also donate easily using PayPal.

3) CHECKS:

You can make your check payable to the ‘Roanoke Valley Preservation Foundation, Inc.’ and mail to:

Roanoke Valley Preservation Foundation, Inc.

P.O. Box 1366

Roanoke, Virginia 24007

Again – remember to note on your check’s “For______” section normally found on the bottom left corner of the check that your donation is “for the Evans Cottage”. 

On behalf of the Friends of Washington Park, we would like to extend our hearfelt gratitude for your monetary donation as 100% of all funds raised go toward the stabilization and restoration of this valuable historic property. Your support plays a vital role in our mission to preserve and protect this irreplacable cultural asset in our community and the Roanoke Valley.  Thanks You!