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MLK Jr. Day of Service - Park Clean-Up at Marvin Gaye Park
ORGANIZATION: Washington Parks & People
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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57 people are interested
Washington Parks & People will 'Think Outside' for their Martin Luther King Jr. day, hosting a park clean-up at Marvin Gaye Park on Monday, January 20 from 10am - 2pm. Come celebrate this day of service with Parks & People and help us pick up trash!
Tools, trash bags, gloves, and water will be provided; however, please bring a water bottle and dress warm! We will be able to sign off on any volunteer hours completed as community service hours.
What: Park Clean-up at Marvin Gaye Park
When: Monday, January 20 from 10am-2pm
Where: Marvin Gaye Park - 601 Division St NE
What to bring: A bottle or cup to drink out of and warm clothes as it may be cold.
Who: Anyone and everyone is welcome to come volunteer and give back to your community and it's parks!
* We will also have a park clean-up event at Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park
Please reply via volunteermatch if you are interested in joining us!
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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
Marvin Gaye Park/ Riverside Center601 Division Avenue NEWashington, DC 20009
DATE POSTED
January 6, 2020
SKILLS
- Habitat Restoration
- Environmental Education
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Public Groups
REQUIREMENTS
- 10-2pm