2011 Community Volunteer Events
Citywide Spring Cleanup
Date: Saturday, April 9, 2011
Time: 8:30 – 11:00 a.m.
Kickoff locations: Harriet Island Pavilion, Highland Park Pavilion, Como Park Lakeside Pavilion, Phalen Park Pavilion
Volunteers needed: 1,000+
Description: The Citywide Spring Cleanup is a large-scale, annual litter cleanup held throughout the City of Saint Paul. The event is part of a year-round City of Saint Paul program called Come Clean, that works in cooperation with local District Councils and engaged community members to help keep Saint Paul clean. Each spring, approximately 1,000 community volunteers unite to remove tons of trash from Saint Paul’s parks, natural areas, recreation centers, and neighborhoods. This important event helps ensure the beauty, safety and environmental health of our City. Volunteers pick up their supplies at one of six Kickoff Celebrations across the city, then go to the park, natural area, or neighborhood of their choice to pick up trash. For more information about the new Come Clean program, click here.
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Arbor Day Tree Planting Event
Date: Saturday, April 30, 2011
Time: 8:30 -11:30 a.m.
Location: Crosby Farm Regional Park
Volunteers needed: 150-200
Description: In celebration of Arbor Day, Saint Paul Parks and Recreation’s Forestry division is hosting a tree planting event at Crosby Farm Regional Park. Our staff will work with 150-200 community volunteers to plant 3,000 native trees as part of the ongoing oak woodland restoration along the Mississippi River. Training and education, tools, gloves and refreshments will be provided.
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Woodland Restoration Event at Como Park
Date: Saturday, June 25
Location: Como Woodland Outdoor Classroom – Como Regional Park
Volunteers needed: 50-100
Description: Help restore and transform the largest woodland in Como Regional Park! Restoration of this 17.75 acre woodland site and the historic features found within its boundaries will allow the creation of the Como Woodland Outdoor Classroom (CWOC). This classroom will provide environmental education and historical interpretation for school children and adults, habitat for native wildlife, and an urban woodland oasis for the inner-city community where local place-based, hands-on environmental learning opportunities are rare. Over time, the invasive species burdock and garlic mustard have become the dominant groundcover of the woodland, displacing the native plant species that would otherwise support wildlife. 50-100 volunteers are needed to remove invasive plants, which is the first step towards restoring this woodland back to a healthy ecosystem. Training and education, tools and gloves will be provided. More info on CWOC
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Sedge Meadow Planting Event at Como Park
Date: Saturday, September 17
Time: 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Location: Como Regional Park – Como Woodland Outdoor Classroom
Volunteers needed: 75
Description: Help restore and transform the largest woodland in Como Regional Park! Restoration of this 17.75 acre woodland site and the historic features found within its boundaries will allow the creation of the Como Woodland Outdoor Classroom (CWOC). This classroom will provide environmental education and historical interpretation for school children and adults, habitat for native wildlife, and an urban woodland oasis for the inner-city community where local place-based, hands-on environmental learning opportunities are rare. 50-75 volunteers are needed to plant 3,600 plants (26 species) in the sedge meadow area of the project. Training and education, tools and gloves will be provided. More info on CWOC.
National Public Lands Day
Date: Saturday, September 24
Time: 9:00-11:00 a.m.
Location: TBA
Volunteers needed: TBA
Description: National Public Lands Day (NPLD) is the nation’s largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance the public lands Americans enjoy. In 2010, 170,000 volunteers built trails and bridges, removed trash and invasive plants, planted trees and restored our water resources. Join Saint Paul Parks and Recreation for the next NPLD on September 24, 2011. Project details and location TBA.
Registration will open in late August, please check back again!
TO REGISTER: To register yourself or your group, please reply to this email or contact volunteer coordinator Beth Albrecht or 651-632-2411. Please include the name of the event, your full name, email address, phone number and the number in your party. St. Paul Park & Recreation.