Earth Day Challenge

Date: Saturday, April 27, 2013

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 27, 2013. 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 2013 Earth Day Challenge Project Form (hosts only) with details about your project.

VOLUNTEER for the 2013 Earth Day Challenge-April 27, 2013

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.

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

Sign up! If you and/or a group are interested in volunteering on April 27, 2013 for Earth Day, please fill out this online volunteer form 2013 Earth Day Challenge Volunteer Sign Up Form

Sign up to volunteer for one of the Earth Day projects on April 27, 2013

Elvehjem Sanctuary, 1202 Painted Post Drive

Picking up trash and removing invasive plant species

Westmorland Park, 4114 Tokay Blvd

Please note this project is on April 20

Spring clean-up: weeding, pruning, raking, mulching, hauling

Edna Taylor Conservation Park, 802 Femrite Drive

Picking up litter on trails and in parking lot; removing garlic mustard

Demetral Park, 601 North Sixth Street

Trash pick-up, mulching and removing garlic mustard

Brittingham Park Beach House, 401 Brittingham Place

Picking up trash along the shoreline

Vilas Parks and Beach, 1339 Vilas Park Drive

Picking up trash along the shoreline and raking the beach

Olin Park, 1156 Olin-Turville Court

Picking up trash along the shoreline and raking the beach

Marlborough Park, 2222 Whenona Drive
Picking up trash, mowing areas, cleaning playground and pulling weeds

 

James Madison Park, 614 East Gorham Street

Picking up trash, gardening plant beds and raking the beach and playground

 

Hiestand Park, 4302 Milwaukee Street

Picking up trash and removing invasive plant species

Warner Park, 2930 North Sherman Avenue

Picking up trash and dog poop, raking the beach, weeding and gardening

South Cherokee Marsh, meet at corner of Wheeler and School Road

Planting shrubs and trees by the new pond

Questions can be directed to parksvolunteer@cityofmadison.com or 608-267-4919.