Friends of Riverbend Park

Friends of Riverbend Park

The Friends of Riverbend Park, or FORB, receives a 2020 Eakin Philanthropy Award in the Fairfax County Park Authority Friends Group/Park Volunteer Team category.

The group of dedicated volunteers is being honored by the Fairfax

County Park Foundation for its generous support of Riverbend Park programs and projects.

FORB has donated more than $85,600 through the Park Foundation since 2016 to support a variety of Riverbend Park programs and projects. Its donations have funded valuable forest restoration and environmental field trips to Riverbend Park for the educational enrichment of Title I school students.

FORB has paid for numerous summer intern awards and underwrites unfunded needs of Riverbend Park staff and volunteers. FORB has helped purchase much-needed canoes, equipment and interpretive signs that teach and inspire many who retreat to this stunning park located on an isolated bend of the picturesque Potomac River.

Elly Doyle Park Service Award

The Elly Doyle Park Service Award was established by the Fairfax County Park Authority in 1988 in recognition of former Park Authority Board Chairman and member Ellamae Doyle’s years of outstanding service toward the preservation of parkland and establishment of natural and recreational areas for the benefit of Fairfax County residents. There are three Elly Doyle categories including a Student or Youth Honoree, Special Recognition, as well as the agency’s top award – the Elly Doyle Park Service Award that is presented to no more than three recipients annually. The purpose of the award is to publicly recognize a volunteer or group of volunteers for outstanding contributions to Fairfax County parks.