- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Greenbelt Weed Warriors
ORGANIZATION: Chesapeake Education Arts and Research Society (CHEARS)
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Volunteers are needed for an ongoing service-learning project to protect Greenbelt forests!
Be a part of the community effort to protect trees from invasive species at Buddy Attick Park. Volunteers will work with Public Works staff to learn how to identify invasive species, including Japanese honeysuckle and English ivy. Hand shears will be used to remove invasive species from taking over the forest.
RSVP to Erin Josephitis at ejosephitis@greenbeltmd.gov or 240-542-2168.
Reminders:
Wear weather appropriate clothes and closed-toed shoes
Bring your reusable water bottle
High school students: remember your service-learning forms!
This event is sponsored by the City of Greenbelt Department of Public Works in partnership with CHEARS and the Greenbelt Forest Stewardship Project
More opportunities with Chesapeake Education Arts and Research Society (CHEARS)
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About Chesapeake Education Arts and Research Society (CHEARS)
Location:
4 MAPLEWOOD CT, GREENBELT, MD 20770, US
Mission Statement
CHEARS’ mission is to restore the health of all life in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed through arts, education, research, and action projects organized and implemented by volunteers.
Description
We are a non-profit organization and a tribe of friends and volunteers -environmentalists, natural and social scientists, artists, educators, children, parents, grandparents, and activists interested in learning together and facilitating and enabling others in the areas of ecological stewardship and artistic expression. We have a special focus on the cross-boundary linkages between our homes in urban, suburban and rural areas in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, and between the cross time linkages looking to the past heritage and future visions for the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and our relationship to the past, current and future earth community worldwide.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Buddy Attick Park555 Crescent RoadGreenbelt, MD 20770
DATE POSTED
June 21, 2017
SKILLS
- Habitat Restoration
- Botany
- Environmental Education
- Gardening
- Horticulture
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
N/A