Thank Support You
Thank You Advisory Committees
Thank you to the community members who volunteered their time during the 2024-2025 fiscal year to support and advocate for parks, recreation, senior programs, and veterans services:
Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Advisory Committee: Matt Davis( Chair), Dr. LaPonda Edmondson( Vice Chair), Scott Bare, Tim Montgomery, Pauletta Thompson, Hope Webber, Mark Wood, Mon Peng Yueh, and Council Liaison Gra Singleton.
Senior Citizens Advisory Committee: Tony Derico( Chair), Sharon Verity( Vice Chair), Jo Cicci, Ernestine Durham, Joan Jackson, Ernestine Ledbetter, Michael Tew, and Council Liaison Kathy Behringer.
Veterans Advisory Committee: John Foster( Chair), Matthew Pedone( Vice Chair), Bob Carter, Helen Carter, Terry Chatfield, Robert Gregory, Jeff Hicks, Willis McKoy, Don Searles, Tim Stevens, and Council Liaison Phil Matthews.
Community Support
We partner with a variety of organizations to provide or host additional programming and services. What we do wouldn ' t be possible without community support, including funding partners through grants, sponsorships, and donations. A special thanks goes to the following funders:
N. C Arts Council N. C. Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization( CAMPO) N. C. General Assembly / State Capital & Infrastructure Fund United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County Wake County
Community Partners: Able to Serve | Aggregate Theatre Company / Alli Mae Carnes Studio | All American Gutter Protection | American Legion Post 232 | American Red Cross | AT & T | Blaze Heating and Cooling I Bluebird Apartments | Body Armor State Games | Boy Scouts of America | Bright Achievements | Center Stage Dance | Central Pines Area Agency on Aging | Chick-fil-A of Garner | Choose Local & Small Y’ all | Christy ' s DancExplosion | City Barbeque | CLAWS, Inc. | Clean Water Education Partnership | Dance Collaborative | Danze Zone | Dave & Busters | Downtown Garner Association | Dream Smiles | Flying Feet Run Club | Food Lion | Garner Area Historical Society | Garner Baseball Inc | Garner Chamber of Commerce | Garner Civitan Club- Pop Warner | Garner Fire-Rescue | Garner Grows | Garner Lions Club | Garner Police Athletic / Activities League | Garner Sports League | Girl Scouts | Hope Community Church | Interfaith Food Shuttle | International Minute Press | Journey League | Lorraine’ s Coffee House & Music | Meals on Wheels | MedFirst | Michelle Linker State Farm Insurance | Miss Garner | Neuse River Big Band | N. C. Department of Environmental Quality | N. C. Forest Service | N. C. FC Youth Soccer | N. C. Herpetological Society | N. C. Recreation & Parks Association | N. C. Museum of Natural Sciences | N. C. Senior Games | N. C. State University Entomology Graduate Student Association | N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission | Playwell Teknologies | Premier Martial Arts | Raleigh Astronomy Club | Resources for Seniors | Sam’ s Xpress Car Wash | Seed Art Share | South Wake Conservationists | Stormwater SMART | TennisBloc | Towne Players of Garner | Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10225 | Wake Audubon Society | Wake County Board of Elections | Wake County Emergency Management | Wake County Parks, Recreation & Open Space | Wake County Senior Games | Wake County Soil & Water Conservation District | Wake County Solid Waste Management Division | Wake The Forest | WAKE Up & Read | We Plant it Forward