Photo: The view from the path to the Day Mountain summit at Acadia National Park.

We are excited to share the annual distribution of aid to parks has been approved by Eastern National’s Board of Directors. The Board of Directors voted last month to allocate our fiscal year 2024 net income from operations, which totaled $3.1 million. Funds allocated were: $450,000 to continue building EN cash reserves; $2.4 million as direct aid to parks; and $250,000 for store improvements and publication designs.

Thank you to the entire Eastern National team and our National Park Service partners for their continued hard work and dedication to EN’s mission, and for making this financial return possible. And thank you to the countless visitors who supported parks by making purchases in America’s National Parks™ stores and online at ShopANP.org. Since resuming aid in Spring of 2022, EN has distributed EN has distributed $9.8 million in direct aid to parks. The funds are used to support interpretive, educational, scientific, and historical projects and programs at parks we serve.