The C&O Canal Trust is an independent, nonprofit organization founded to protect, restore, and promote the C&O Canal National Historical Park. The Trust pursues its mission through a combination of fundraising volunteerism, community outreach and education, and hands-on restoration. By working in partnership with the National Park Service, the Trust seeks to ensure that the Park’s natural, historic, and recreational potential is fully realized.

Canal Pride Days are the C&O Canal National Historical Parks’ largest volunteer stewardship events of the year, engaging volunteers from across the state in stewardship projects to restore and revitalize the Park’s natural, cultural, and recreational community resources. During the event, volunteers will take part in various beautification and preservation projects, including painting historic buildings, planting gardens, removing invasive plant species, and more at the Historic Great Falls Tavern. The C&O Canal Trust is the official, nonprofit partner founded to protect, restore, and promote the C&O Canal National Historical Park. The Trust pursues its mission through a combination of fundraising, volunteerism, community outreach and education, and hands-on restoration. By working in partnership with the National Park Service, the Trust seeks to ensure that the Park’s natural, historic, and recreational potential is fully realized.

To register for this year’s Canal Pride Days please go to www.canalTrust.org/pridedays.