“I Love My Park Day is an annual event that brings together thousands of volunteers to celebrate and enhance New York’s parks, historic sites, and public lands.”
There are many beautiful parks and campgrounds exist throughout New York State. Where will you volunteer?
” Volunteers clean up park lands and beaches, plant trees and gardens, restore trails and wildlife habitat and remove invasive species. Parks & Trails New York, the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation coordinate this event, and park staff and local friends’ groups work with volunteers and oversee activities. Last year, more than 125 state parks, historic sites and public lands hosted I Love My Park Day events.”
Find anevent near youand volunteer for I Love My Park Day on Saturday, May 5.
LONG ISLAND EVENTS:
1. Twin Lakes Preserve
Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Project: Litter pickup and posting of fishing information signs. Event is ideal for scout groups or other supervised groups of children. All ages welcome. Please bring garden gloves, water, and snack.
Park at Forest Lake School, 3100 Beltagh Ave., Wantagh NY
2. I Love My Park Day
Saturday , May 5th 9am to 2pm
If you would like to volunteer at Belmont Lake State Park, we have a few projects that volunteers work on throughout the day. They include: painting the historic cannons, painting bench ends, picking the lake on a pedal boat & the surrounding park, and trail clean-up. If you have any suggestions about any projects you would like to complete for us, please let us know. Volunteers will meet at our boat dock at approximately 9:00AM. Please bring water and a snack, we will provide gloves and pick sticks!
Located at: Southern State Pkwy Exit 38, North Babylon, New York 11703
Picture above was found on the Parks & Trails NY Website