Support the Park & Trail
Support the future of Stewart Park by investing in the spaces where our community gathers, plays, and connects. With a gift, you can adopt park furnishings—like benches, picnic tables, or accessible grills—or help sponsor larger park features such as a swing set or a stretch of the Cayuga Waterfront Trail. Each gift not only enhances the park’s beauty and accessibility but also leaves a lasting legacy, recognized with a plaque that celebrates your generosity for years to come.
Adoption Park Furnishings
Furnishing options are bright, comfortable, and high quality; ensuring the Park and Trail will be enjoyable and accessible for years to come with sustainability in mind.
Sponsor Park Features
Your sponsorship allows us to purchase and install a variety of attractive and comfortable amenities that will enhance your visit to the park.
Digital Illustration of Wharton Studio Café
Support the Wharton Studio Café
Friends of Stewart Park and the Wharton Studio Museum are joining forces to transform the lake-facing portion of the historic Wharton Studio building—now a DPW storage space—into the Wharton Studio and Café. This project will create a year-round cultural destination with a café overlooking Cayuga Lake, exhibition space celebrating Ithaca’s silent film history, and programming that links Stewart Park to other Finger Lakes film heritage sites. With donor support, this underused space will become a vibrant hub for visitors, residents, and families to learn, connect, and enjoy the park.
