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8 people are interested
Park Clean-up: National Public Lands Day
ORGANIZATION: Washington Parks & People
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8 people are interested
Over 30% of America's land is public. It is in these spaces such as parks and beaches where we relax, play, gather with family, and lift up our community.
On Saturday, September 30th, Washington Parks & People invites you to celebrate National Public Lands Day from 10-1pm at Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park for a park clean-up.
If you are available and willing to help, please reply back with an RSVP email for more information. Bring your family and friends to spend the day outdoors giving back to your community and ensuring our public lands continue to be beautiful places for all to enjoy!
Washington Parks & People will supply gloves and trash bags. There are water fountains and bathrooms on site.
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About Washington Parks & People
Location:
2437 15th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009, US
Mission Statement
To grow city-wide park-based community health, equity, and justice through innnovation and partnerships across DC.
Description
Parks & People is DC's award-winning city-wide community parks partnership. Founded in 1990 to reclaim Meridian Hill/ Malcolm X Park, the organization led the transformation of that park from the most crime-ridden national park in the area to one of the safest. Parks & People has now helped advance over 250 parks, trails, streams, playgrounds, schoolyards, and community gardens and farms. Our facilities include the Josephine Butler Parks Center, an award-winning 40-room "greenhouse" for revitalizing DC greenspaces; the historic Riverside Healthy Living Center, providing park programming, youth development, and healthy park-based business incubation; the Marvin Gaye Community Greening Center, a year-round community farm, native reforestation hub, and base of park reclamation and job training through our DC Green Corps; the Piney Spring Green; and the North Columbia Heights Green, a once-blighted vacant lot that serves as a hands-on outdoor classroom for year-round healthy food production. Parks & People has led the community reclamation and transformation of Marvin Gaye Park, DC's longest municipal park, for 23 years. It also helps the Escarpment Ridge and Fort Circle network of parks, Walter Pierce Park (where 8,428 African Americans were buried after the Civil War), the east side of Rock Creek park, and numerous schoolyards. Since its founding a generation ago, Parks & People has mobilized over 300,000 volunteers for parks and green spaces of all kinds. Parks & People volunteers work hard, have fun, and make a massive difference.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Meridian Hill Park/ Malcolm X Park2400 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20008meet at the Statue Joan of Arc at 10 amWashington DC, DC 20009
DATE POSTED
September 26, 2017
SKILLS
- Outdoor Recreation
- Habitat Restoration
- Landscaping
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- 3 hours
- Kids are welcome!