Earth Day Challenge
Event Description
Celebrate Earth Day with your neighbors and friends by volunteering to clean up your local park! Join this community-wide volunteer effort to help make a difference. Accept the Earth Day Challenge with Madison Parks! We are seeking 900 volunteers at 60+ parks, located throughout the city to assist with trash pickup, raking, trail clearing, and invasive plant removal. We supply gloves, garbage bags and rakes. Rakes at each park will be based on the number of volunteers registered.
DATE: Saturday, April 25, 2026
TIME: 10:00am to 12:00pm
LOCATIONS: Parks throughout the city. Registration opens in February.
How to Participate
Pick a Park: Once locations are posed in February, review the list of participating parks to determine which park needs volunteers. If your park is not listed, email parksvolunteer@cityofmadison.com to request adding for 2027.
Register in Advance: All ages are welcome to participate. Advanced registration is required for anyone aged 14 years or older. Registration opens in February.
Pick Up Supplies: Look for the Earth Day Challenge sign in the designated park. A volunteer site host may be present at some locations. Staff will not be onsite at every park.