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Friends of the Shawnee

Nonprofit website design for a Southern Illinois forest group. Launched in about two weeks, easy to update, and built to work with the tools they already use.

Friends of the Shawnee home page with a sandstone bluff in the Shawnee National Forest and buttons to become a member or donate.

At a glance

  • About a 2-week turnaround
  • Launched Sep 4, 2026
  • Staff update events and the blog themselves
  • Works with their existing Square and Join It
Client
Friends of the Shawnee National Forest
What we did
Design, front-end build, CMS setup and hosting
Live site
shawneefriends.org (opens in a new tab)

Built on Nuxt with a Directus content system we host.

What they needed

A new site staff could keep current themselves, with an event calendar and blog, without dropping the Square store and Join It memberships they already used.

What they got

An easy-to-update site where staff post events and blog updates and see form submissions. The store and memberships link straight to Square and Join It.

Staff keep the site current on their own

  • Event calendar staff run

    Staff add and edit events themselves. Visitors sync them to Google, Outlook, or Apple calendars.

  • A blog they post to

    News goes up the same day, written by the people doing the work.

  • Form submissions in one place

    Contact and volunteer signups land in one inbox. Visitors get an email right away.

  • Simple, safe editing

    Staff see only events, blog posts, and submissions. Nothing to break.

See it in action

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Home page. The hero rotates through Shawnee landscapes and holds still for visitors who prefer reduced motion.
Every event gets its own page and calendar links.
16 membership levels, each linked to its own checkout.
Store items listed on the site, with checkout on Square.
Volunteer signups land in the staff inbox and email the volunteer right away.
Staff add and manage gallery photos themselves.

Works with the tools they already have

The Friends already used Square and Join It. We kept both.

  • Store: we set up their listings, each linked to their Square checkout.
  • Memberships: every level links to its own Join It signup.
  • No disruption: no new accounts, no payment changes for members.

Already rely on other services? A new site can work alongside them.

Easy for visitors and supporters

  • Clear paths to visit, join, donate, volunteer, and shop.
  • Old links and printed brochure QR codes still work.
  • Fast and easy to use on a phone.

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