$21,560,000
raised for Buffalo Bayou Park as of December 31, 2013
$590,000
raised at Buffalo Bayou Ball
$86,000
raised at Buffalo Bayou Regatta
l to r Sis Johnson (BBP Chair), Susan Peterson (River Oaks Garden Club President), Kelty Crain and Verlinde Doubleday (Gala Co-Chairs), Sue White (The Garden Club of Houston President) and Anne Olson (BBP President)
F U N D RA IS ING
Each and every day, Houstonians are becoming more passionate about Buffalo Bayou and all it has to offer. Along with this growing interest and enthusiasm has come overwhelming generosity from Houston’s leading foundations, corporations and philanthropists.
— S ignificant progress was made towards completion of the Buffalo Bayou Park $58 million capital campaign. — B BP also participated in the collaborative Give 5 to Conserve Houston campaign and the Houston Marathon’s Run for a Reason program. —A record number 500 canoes and kayaks raced to the finish line in the 2013 Buffalo Bayou Regatta. Now in its 41st year, the event has become Houston’s “rite of spring.” — B BP’s 2013 Buffalo Bayou Ball, Green & Growing, honored River Oaks Garden Club and The Garden Club of Houston for their contributions to horticulture, conservation and civic beautification.
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