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Volunteer Program Activities (June 2008)

SUNDAY, JUNE 1
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
87th Street Dog Run Work Day: Volunteers will spread a new load of bluestone screenings, tidy up the hedges and generally clean up the run.

MONDAY, JUNE 2
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Volunteers from Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning will be working at the Riverside Valley Community Garden (138th Street & 12th Avenue).

TUESDAY, JUNE 3
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Volunteers from Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning will be working at the Riverside Valley Community Garden (138th Street & 12th Avenue).

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Volunteers from the 92nd Street Y will be working on cribbing projects at Mt. Tom (83rd Street).

THURSDAY, JUNE 5
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Goldman Sachs volunteers will be building berms and planting ferns at 114th Street in the Park.

10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Volunteers from Street Squash will be working at the Riverside Valley Community Garden (138th Street & 12th Avenue).

10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Volunteers from Street Squash will be weeding on the 153rd Street Slope.

4:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Volunteers from Frederick Douglas Housing will be weeding burdock, education program

FRIDAY, JUNE 6
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
(Rain date) Goldman Sachs volunteers will be building berms and planting ferns at 114th Street in the Park.

10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Volunteers from Deloitte will be weeding and mulching on the Riverside Drive Island at 140th – 142nd Street.

SATURDAY, JUNE 7
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
ROTC volunteers will be working in the Park.

10:00 am – 1:00 pm
72 Dog Run Work Day: Volunteers will help to clean up the run and spread woodchips.

SUNDAY, JUNE 8
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
NY Cares volunteers will be spreading mulch at Sakura Park (122nd Street & Riverside Drive).

MONDAY, JUNE 9
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
(Rain date) Goldman Sachs volunteers will be building berms at 114th Street in the Park.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Volunteers from Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning will be working at the Riverside Valley Community Garden (138th Street & 12th Avenue).

THURSDAY, JUNE 12
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Volunteers from Time Warner will be working in the Park.

FRIDAY, JUNE 13
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Goldman Sachs volunteers will be planting in the Woodlands Restoration area (108th – 116th Street).

SATURDAY, JUNE 14
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Volunteers from Children-for-Children-200 vols will be cleaning up the Hudson River coastline between 145th Street – 151st Street.

MONDAY, JUNE 16
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Volunteers from The School at Columbia University will be cleaning up the Hudson River coastline between 145th Street – 151st Street.

10:00 am – 3:00 pm
(Rain Date) Goldman Sachs volunteers will be planting Euonymus in Triangles circa 105th Street. They will also be removing self-seeding trees and planting ferns in the Woodlands Restoration area (108th – 116th Street).

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Roots & Shoots volunteers will be weeding the slope at 109th Street.

TUESDAY, JUNE 17
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Volunteers from Morgan Stanley will be weeding and mulching the slope at 153rd Street.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Volunteers from Manhattan School of Music will be weeding the slope at 120th Street.

THURSDAY, JUNE 19
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
(Rain Date) Time Warner volunteers will be planting a shrub border between 97th – 98th Street on Firemen’s Memorial Island.

FRIDAY, JUNE 20
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Goldman Sachs volunteers will be pruning both sides of the 148th Street Bridge.

SATURDAY, JUNE 21
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
NY Cares volunteers will be working at the Riverside Valley Community Garden (138th Street & 12th Avenue).

MONDAY, JUNE 23
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
(Rain Date) Goldman Sachs volunteers will be weeding, and planting euonymous at 143rd Street.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Salesforce.com volunteers will be working in the Park.

FRIDAY, JUNE 27
9:30 pm – 1:00 pm
NBA volunteers will be working in the Park.

9:30 pm – 1:00 pm
NBA volunteers will be working at the Riverside Valley Community Garden (138th Street & 12th Avenue).

SATURDAY, JUNE 28
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Ernst & Young will be weeding the slope at 153rd Street.

MONDAY, JUNE 30
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Volunteers from the Oliver Group will be weeding euonymous at 105th Street ballfields.

Posted: Sunday, June 01, 2008
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