Remodeling the Historic Josephine Butler Parks Center
ORGANIZATION: Washington Parks & People
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Washington Parks & People is in need of volunteers to help remodel the 4th floor of the historic Josephine Butler Parks Center. The volunteers will help with light construction and painting and be able to gain first hand experience with remodeling.
Volunteers can work any weekday between the hours 9-5pm. We will also have an open day on Saturday, February 24th from 10-4pm for any volunteers who want to come out and help but can't make it during the weekdays. If you are interested, please send an email to hannah.moore@washingtonparks.net for more details.
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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
Josephine Butler Parks Center2437 15th St. NWWashington DC, DC 20009
DATE POSTED
February 13, 2018
SKILLS
- Facilities Management
- Interior Design
- Renovation
- Construction
- Architecture
- Electrical
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Anytime between 9-5pm on weekdays