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

Be a force for nature at Camp Root Ball, a fresh take on our annual fundraiser inspired by the spirit of a summer camp for grown-ups. Great Parks Forever invites you to a completely reimagined evening where our mission—to protect nature and inspire communities to explore, learn and care for the outdoors—comes to life through interactive, story-driven stations in place of a traditional sit-down program. Enjoy substantial dinner-by-the-bite stations, Revel Urban Winery wines, Fifty West Brewing Company craft beers, a silent auction and live musical entertainment as you explore, connect and experience the story of Great Parks in a whole new way. Think sneakers over heels for this immersive evening of movement, discovery and fun! Be on the lookout for further details in Spring 2026.

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.

2026 Sponsors

Presenting Sponsors

Cincinnati Business Courier

Cincinnati MINI
Official Automotive Partner

Collaborating Sponsors

First Financial Bank

Interlink Cloud Advisors
Marathon Health

Revel Urban Winery

Table Sponsors

Custom Design Benefits
Erica O'Brien and Eric Fritz
Huseman Group
USI Insurance Services

Donors

Personnel Profiles of Cincinnati, Inc.

Thank You to Our 2025 Sponsors

Presenting Sponsors

Cincinnati MINI
Official Automotive Partner
Cincinnati Business Courier
Melissa & James Wilz

Supporting Sponsors

Cincinnati Museum Center
Human Nature, Inc.
Lithko Contracting
Synoptek
USI Insurance Services

Collaborating Sponsors

Adopt A Class
Benchmark Outdoor Outfitters
Burgess & Niple
emersion DESIGN
Fifty West Brewing Company
Kimley-Horn
The Kleingers Group
Bill & Caren Laverty
Marathon Health
Pepper Construction
Stantec
Strand Associates
StrengthsBuilders LLC
Structural and Process Services
Wegman Company

Table Sponsors

Champlin | EOP
Custom Design Benefits
Ann & Mike Frederick
fd2s
Government Strategies Group
Huseman Group
Erica O'Brien and Eric Fritz
Prus Construction
trak group
True Point Wealth Management
Williams Creek Management

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