Earth Day Challenge

 Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012

Location: Various City Parks

Celebrate Earth Day with your neighbors and friends by cleaning up your local park and neighborhood. Join this communitywide effort in April to make a difference.

HOST an Earth Day Challenge Volunteer Project

We are currently encouraging groups and neighborhood leaders to host an Earth Day Challenge Project in their local park.  Projects should be held on Saturday, April 21, 2012.  The volunteer project organizer can determine the starting and ending time, as well as the scope of the project.  Past projects have included garbage cleanup, weeding, mulching, and maintaining flower beds.  If you need ideas, please feel free to contact the Parks Office.  The Parks Division may be able to provide some supplies for your group including trash bags. 

Please fill out this 2012 Earth Day Challenge Project Form (hosts only) with details about your project.

VOLUNTEER for the 2012 Earth Day Challenge-April 21, 2012

Earth Day is a great opportunity to get out and help support our Parks.  Earth Day Challenge Projects are held all over Madison in many of our 260 parks. Volunteers may assist with trash pick up, weeding, or other beautification projects.

Volunteers are still needed at:

• Goodman Pool- weeding, mulching, and getting the pool ready for opening
• Marshall Park- cleaning up the beach area and park including pulling weeds,  picking up litter throughout the park and along the shoreline, and general beautification projects.
• Reindahl Park- removing invasive understory plants from the wooded area
• Sauk Creek- park beautification and trash pick up.

Be sure to note the park name on your Earth Day Challenge Volunteer Sign up form - link below.

If you and/or a group are interested in volunteering on April 21, 2012 for Earth Day, please fill out this online volunteer form 2012 Earth Day Challenge Volunteer Sign Up Form

Questions can be directed to Anne Whisner at awhisner@cityofmadison.com or 608-267-4919.