Richard Haiman National Parks Foundation

04/25/2022

What a privilege it was to spend the weekend at The Swag representing the Richard Haiman National Parks Foundation with my fathers namesake and grandson (his first name is Richard). The Friends of the Smokies do incredible things for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

04/25/2022

From a few years ago. How great to share my father's legacy with Sarah Haiman, my daughter and Richards grand daughter. Thank you Friends of the Smokies and the The Swag

The Foundation has hit a fantastic milestone at The Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Thank you Friends of the Smokies and The Swag for the recognition and great weekend. Sarah Brandt (Richard's grand daughter) and I had the honor of representing the RHNP Foundation.

05/07/2019

The Foundation has hit a fantastic milestone at The Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Thank you Friends of the Smokies and The Swag for the recognition and great weekend. Sarah Brandt (Richard's grand daughter) and I had the honor of representing the RHNP Foundation.

02/21/2016

Darren Haiman - An article in today's Mountain Press on the Richard Haiman National Park Foundation's work

01/23/2015

Great article on one of our projects this year and the lasting legacy my father created. Hope you give it a read.

11/15/2014

We're reviewing projects to fund right now. That's always an exciting time of year!

01/11/2014

We've made our funding commitments for 2014. We're very excited to place continued support with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. There will be new back country privys as was support for Parks as classrooms. Also, we're supporting the ATC with their own Education programs to be rolled out in Virginia. Thank you to all of our supporters.

03/13/2013

Please take a look at our website www.richardhaimannational parksfoundation.org

03/13/2013

We're very excited about our projects for 2013. We've provided funding to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy for trail maintenance and upkeep. Those projects will be complete this summer. We've also continued our support of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park through the Friends of the Smokies. One of the projects is Parks as Classrooms which goes out into local schools to educate children on the natural resource they have in their back yard. We also donated to finish the back country shelter improvements. As of now we've been a party to the complete remodeling of all back country shelters in the GSMNP. Anyone who has stayed in the old shelters and the new ones fully understands how important this project has been.

02/01/2012

We've currently approved 3 projects. Two in the Smokies and one with the Appalacian Trail conference. We'll post more information about the projects soon. Thank you for your support.

10/12/2011

We are beginning to look at proposals for next year. Always an exciting time of year to see what projects we can take on.

08/10/2011

Our website is live now.Please take a look at www.richardhaimannationalparksfoundation.org and letus know what you think (otter than the long url). Thanks, Darren

The Richard Haiman National Parks Foundation was born out of necessity. In October of 1995, Hurricane Opal came up through the Gulf of Mexico and sent high winds and tornados well into Tennessee and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The storm wreaked havoc inside the park. Richard discover...