My boy Nick Booster loved Washington’s national parks. He found many hours of solace tramping the trails all over the North Cascades, Mt. Rainier and the Olympics. The same trails he hiked are where I have found my own solace from the terrible grief at losing him to depression on Feb. 18, 2020. 

I am thankful you are making a contribution today to the Washington National Park Fund. Our Parks have been there for me and Tom in our time of loss. They have also provided respite to thousands of people who’ve needed it in the sorrowful time of Covid 19 and Black Lives Matter. 

Your money goes toward a gigantic list of deferred maintenance at Olympic National Park, Mt. Rainier National Park and the North Cascades National Park.

I thank you for pushing the super easy money-sucking button. (If it hurts when you click, remember it’s good for you and also honors our family's pain).

Please know that that we are so grateful for having Nick Booster in our lives, though the time was too short. Please get out there and enjoy Washington's wonderful parks every minute you are given.

Cynthia Hartwig

PS An easy way to help Washington Parks is to sign up for a Washington National Park license plate when you get your license renewal letter later in the year.  $35 of your fee goes straight to WPNF.