This is a description of the special Funds managed by
the Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore, Inc.

Mr. Nickerson was an original member of the National Seashore Advisory Commission and its Chairman from 1966-77. He held a life-long concern for the Lower Cape region and was a staunch supporter of conservation values as the Seashore's programs and facilities developed. In this spirit, the fund, established in 1992 , receives, manages and disburses monies to support one or more Nickerson Conservation Fellows at the Seashore.

Mr.Ostwald was a blind volunteer at the Seashore who believed that his visual impairment could be used to promote an awareness of nature and the outdoors through the use of other senses. He initiated a series of public guided walks for the visually impaired and worked with Seashore rangers to equip the Buttonbush Trail with guide ropes, Braille text, touch exhibits and a graded path. In his memory, monies received by the fund are used to maintain the Buttonbush Trail and other National Seashore facilities for the handicapped.

As a volunteer at Cape Cod National Seashore, Mr. Petitt helped to organize, care for and preserve museum collections at Salt Pond Visitor Center, the Atwood-Higgins complex and the Captain Edward Penniman House. Donations made to the fund at the outset of the memorial program were used to acquire a nucleus of books for establishment of a much-needed curator's reference library. Monies now received are used to enhance the archives through further acquisition of historical objects and out-of-print books.