Root Ball

Root Ball

Fund Your Wild!

Thank you to our 2025 Root Ball supporters and attendees!

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Great Parks Forever would like to thank all the attendees and supporters of our 6th annual Root Ball in October of 2025! Supporters of our event helped us to raise over $130k to help support Great Parks Forever, Great Parks’ philanthropic partner. Thank you for helping us continue to activate our big lands and position the region as a vibrant and healthy place to live, learn, work, and play.

Couldn’t join us for the event? Consider making a donation to Great Parks Forever at forever.greatparks.org/give.

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Great Parks Forever

2026 Root Ball

calendar_today Friday, Nov. 13, 2026

watch 6 – 9:30 p.m. 

pin_drop Sharonville Convention Center, 11355 Chester Rd., Glendale, OH 45246

Fund Your Wild! Great Parks Forever cordially invites you to join us at our 7th annnual Root Ball, a celebration of nature! More information coming in Spring 2026.

Can’t join us for the event? Consider a donation in lieu of a ticket purchase. Donations in support of Root Ball can be made through the Qgiv system, or at https://greatparksforever.org/give by selecting Root Ball from the drop-down.

Group at the 2025 Root Ball Event

Root Ball 2025

For table and sponsorship opportunities for Root Ball 2026, contact LeAnne Anklan, Director of Donor Engagement, at [email protected] or by calling 513-728-4517.

Thank You to Our 2025 Sponsors


Hosts & Hostesses

Brian Hiles, Elder High School
Alex HoltLeeson, Bayer Becker
Rachel Kirley and Joe Jaquette
Lauren Mehall, Bayer Becker
Tyler Roe, New York Life
Mark Rosenberger, Bayer Becker


Donors

AKJ Construction Corp.
Personnel Profiles of Cincinnati