our parks should be free & unchanged for the next generation

Our goal is to design and embroider a patch for each park in PA (121 in total!) Pennsylvania continues the great tradition of free admission and parking to all of its parks – and we'd like to keep it that way. Access to public park land is essential to community recreation. we believe with increased awareness and state-wide stewardship we can achieve that goal.

$1 of every patch sold is donated directly to the Pennsylvania parks & forest foundation.

In November 2016, we launched a kickstarter to fund this project. over 280 backers helped us raise $10k to make this project a reality. See the kickstarter mission video below:

THE CREATORS

CALEB HEISEY

CALEB IS THE PRINCIPAL DESIGNER AND OWNER OF GOOD BONES STUDIO. GROWING UP IN PERRY COUNTY HE FELL IN LOVE WITH THE OUTDOORS AT LITTLE BUFFALO STATE PARK. HE STARTED THE PA PATCH COALITION AS A WAY TO GIVE BACK TO THE PLACES THAT INFORMED HIS CHILDHOOD. HE CURRENTLY LIVES IN PHILADELPHIA.

GUS MELENDEZ

GUS IS THE LEAD DEVELOPER AND TECHNICAL ARCHITECT AT GOOD BONES STUDIO. GROWING UP IN PUERTO RICO, HE HAS RECENTLY DISCOVERED THE BEAUTY OF PENNSYLVANIA'S PARKS. HE ENJOYS PHOTOGRAPHY AND CAPTURING THE NIGHT SKY AT CHERRY SPRINGS. HE ALSO LIVES IN PHILADELPHIA.

SHOUT-OUTS

Marci Mowry, the President of the PPFF, has been a vital partner for the project in helping us with outreach and focusing our message.

Dan Angelucci of Vireo Films took the helm of our video's script, editing, and videography. Without his countless hours of work we could have not achieved a video of this caliber.

Russell Edling wrote the beautiful music track for the video. He absolutely captured the feeling of the project.

Tracy Blaine lent us his amazing time-lapse footage of Cherry Springs. He is also on the Board of Directors for the Cherry Springs Dark Sky Fund.

Josh Schott, and Paul Ballard were essential in capturing the photography and videography for the project. They lugged equipment up and down trails for hours and I can't thank you enough.