The 2011 Matching Grants Program is underway and deserving chapters are awarded funding for various projects needed to preserve, protect, and support Georgia state parks. Friends of Georgia State Parks and Historic sites is offering two grant opportunities, a matching grant and a competitive grant, to Friends chapters across the state. This allows for chapters to directly collaborate with their parks and sites to fund projects that would not be completed otherwise or would be very difficult to complete. These projects not only directly benefit the parks, but they are projects that are designed to create a more quality experience for park guests.