About GPPA 

Accomplishments    Activities, Press Releases   Becoming a Member (Friend)    For More Information

     Since 1977, the Scottsdale, Arizona nonprofit group, Greater Pinnacle Peak Association (GPPA), has worked to preserve the natural environment, history, and quality of life in the greater Scottsdale area by fostering communication, participation, and constructive community activism.

Members of GPPA enjoy serving the community and share an interest in community affairs, communication, wildlife rehabilitation, and preservation. Our members include area residents and members of the business community, amateur and professional writers and photographers, individuals who are active in local preservation efforts, officers and members of local home owner associations,, and volunteers who serve on City of Scottsdale committees and commissions.

We welcome new members. We invite you to become a member of  GPPA.

Accomplishments

GPPA's accomplishments include:

• Achieving positive impact on the development and preservation of our unique environment and quality of life since 1977

• Publishing A Peek at the Peak magazine as a community service since 1983

• Making annual donations to local nonprofits that are working to preserve, save, and rehabilitate native birds and animals

• Donating of more than $50,000 to Scottsdale's McDowell Sonoran Preserve and recognition as a "Lifetime Friend of the Preserve"

• Organizing the 2005 Inaugural Preservation Golf Tournament that raised more than $11,000 for Scottsdale's McDowell Sonoran Preserve.

• Sponsoring Southwest Wildlife's "Wild About Wildlife" wildlife rehabilitation benefit

• Organizing the Lucky Owl Drawing to benefit Wild At Heart's raptor rehabilitation and education efforts

• Supporting the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive through improvement projects, donations, roadside cleanups, public education, and Cookout at the Ranch

• Making an annual college grant to a graduating senior in the Cave Creek Unified School District

In addition,  the board members of this Scottsdale, Arizona group work to promote the interests of area residents by serving on City of Scottsdale commissions and committees.

Activities, Press Releases

The Peak Magazine

A Peek at the Peak magazine (The Peak)  is published as a community service by GPPA and supported by local business advertising and Friends of GPPA. In North Scottsdale, Carefree, Cave Creek, and Rio Verde Arizona,  The Peak provides a voice for local writers and nonprofit organizations. By writing and donating magazine features and news articles that appear in the magazine, amateur and professional writers provide the public with valuable community information that is not available elsewhere. Published articles, often written by members of the Scottsdale group, cover a variety of community-oriented subjects such as desert  preservation, wildlife, local organizations, travel, art, restaurants and City of Scottsdale planning, 

Scenic Drive

Friends of the Scenic Drive, a division of GPPA, is dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive, an area landmark since 1963.

Friends organizes and funds projects to maintain the Scenic Drive, including maintaining plant identification signs and plant exhibits, painting utility boxes, posts and the backs of traffic signs using an environmentally-sensitive color, completing re-vegetation efforts and conducting roadside cleanups.

Cookout at the Ranch

Every year since 1996, the hay wagons and good times have rolled at this benefit for desert preservation, wildlife conservation, and the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive. Co-sponsored by Outback Steakhouse, MacDonald's Ranch, Desert Foothills Cookouts, and A Peek at the Peak magazine, the event is organized by Friends of the Scenic Drive, GPPA, McDowell Sonoran Conservancy, Friends of Pinnacle Peak Park, and Rotary Club of Pinnacle Peak.

Preservation Golf Tournament

GPPA organized the reservation Golf Tournament that was held on March 31, 2005 at the Sanctuary Golf Tournament at WestWorld. The inaugural tournament raised more than $11,000 for the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy, the driving force in the creation of Scottsdale's McDowell Sonoran Preserve.

Recent Press Releases

Becoming a Member (Friend of the Community)

Tax-deductible membership fees are used to preserve our community's natural environment and quality of life. Help preserve the desert, rehabilitate rescued and injured wildlife, maintain the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive, and support publication of A Peek at the Peak magazine, e-Peak Newsletter, and its two Web sites. All of these free community services are provided by GPPA to foster community communication, education, service, and constructive activism.

Various levels of tax-deductible membership are available:

• Individuals & Families: $40
• Businesses & Organizations: $80

Tax-deductible donations of any amount are always appreciated. Please use the mail-in membership form below to make your donation.

 Members enjoy these benefits:

• Help preserve the unique Sonoran character of North Scottsdale and neighboring areas
• Receive membership acknowledgment
• Receive our  monthly electronic newsletter, E-Brief Monthly
• Be listed as a Friend of the Community in The Peak
• Membership fees are tax-deductible as permitted by law

Members receive nine issues of The Peak magazine at their home or business address (or can send the subscription as a gift to someone else!)

Beginning in 2007, all A Peek at the Peak advertisers receive a one year membership in recognition of their support.

To become a member online, simply by using our online shopping cart and providing the requested information and paying with a credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Discover Network). There is a $2 handling charge for using the online GPPA shopping cart, which will be automatically added to your membership charge. When you purchase your membership online, you do not have to complete the membership form below.

To become a member by mail,  complete and mail our simple membership form. 

For More Information

Would you like to know more about GPPA activities?  Wondering how you might help? Have a question about membership? Please do not hesitate to contact GPPA.

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Greater Pinnacle Peak Association
Scottsdale, AZ 85255