Friends of
Croft State Park
About Us
Friends of Croft State Park is a volunteer group that supports Croft State Park in their mission to protect the park's beautiful natural and cultural resources while making the park better for all of its visitors. We work closely with park staff to put on a variety of programs and events each year, and we help raise money and other resources for these programs and events as well as improvements throughout the park. We are always looking for more members to help us make our programs and events better and to help make Croft State Park a better place for everyone. If you are interested in joining Friends of Croft State Park or supporting us in any other way, please send an email to friendsofcroftstatepark@gmail.com or visit our Facebook page Friends of Croft State Park.
Programs and Events
Hop into Croft - Easter Event
Around Easter every year, Friends of Croft State Park organizes an Easter egg hunt with over 1000 eggs for kids of all ages along with the opportunity to take photos with the Easter Bunny!
Fishing 4 Fun Day - Kids Fishing Event
With the help of some generous local businesses, Friends of Croft State Park organizes a yearly fishing event for kids. Each child gets a free rod and reel, a free hot dog lunch, and there are multiple awards and raffles.
Neewollah - Halloween Event
Croft State Park's Halloween event, Neewollah, is organized by and paid for by Friends of Croft State Park with the assistance of Croft State Park staff and volunteers. The event runs from 2:00PM until 8:45PM and usually includes:
Halloween Costume Contests for multiple age groups and pets
Bounce House
Face Painting
Hayrides
Food and Drinks
Contests to see which campsite is decorated best for Halloween
Trick or Treating through the campgrounds
A family-friendly movie shown at the Activity Center
If you're interested in the event or have any questions, please contact Croft State Park at 864-585-1283. If you are interested in volunteering for the event, please contact us at friendsofcroftstatepark@gmail.com.
Movie Nights
Friends of Croft State Park recently purchased a projector and speakers to allow the park to hold movie nights near the Activity Center!
First Day Hikes
Friends of Croft State Park help park staff and our friends over at The Local Hiker with promoting First Day Hikes on January 1st each year!
Park Improvements
ADA Bathroom
Friends of Croft State Park helped raise funding to enable the park to renovate the bathroom near the equestrian arena to become the park's first ADA bathroom!
Utility Vehicle
Friends of Croft State Park helped raise funding to enable the park to purchase a new Kawasaki Mule UTV to assist with rescues and maintenance work on trails and grounds!
HVAC in Bathrooms
Friends of Croft State Park helped raise funding to enable the park to purchase new ductless HVAC units in multiple bathrooms to improve visitor experience.
Other Volunteer Opportunities
Working with Local Schools
In the photo above, former Friends of Croft State Park president James Horne worked at a Health Fair at a local school.
Cleaning up Croft State Park
Friends of Croft State Park have organized trash cleanups around Lake Craig, Fairforest Creek, and along the park roads.
We need your help!
Friends of Croft State Park is a very small group, and we need more members and volunteers! Some examples of volunteer work include doing a spooky scene or parking cars during our Halloween event, helping stuff or hide eggs for our Easter event, and helping park cars or hand out rods and reels for our Kids Fishing Event. We also have many other types of volunteering opportunities. We typically meet at Croft State Park every second Monday of the month at 6:00 PM. Please contact us if you are interested!