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Volunteer Program Activities (May 2008)

SATURDAY, MAY 3
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Latter Day Saints volunteers will be planting at 91st Street Hippo Glade.

10:30 am – 1:00 pm
DePaul University Alumni volunteers will be working at the Riverside Valley Community Garden (138th Street & 12th Avenue).

SUNDAY, MAY 4
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Native Plant Project volunteers will be working at the Native Plant garden (106th – 108th Street along the upper path).

WEDNESDAY, MAY 7
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Student volunteers from Solomon Schechter School will be working in the Park.

FRIDAY, MAY 9
9:45 am – 11:45 am
Student volunteer from Collegiate School will be working in the Park.

SATURDAY, MAY 10
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
NY Cares volunteers will be working in the Park.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14
9:30 am – 1:00 pm
Volunteers from In Demand will be working at the Riverside Valley Community Garden (138th Street & 12th Avenue).

FRIDAY, MAY 16
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Trinity School student volunteers will be working in the Park.

SATURDAY, MAY 17
8:00 am – 3:00 pm
It’s My Park! Day:
Volunteers will be working at the 87th Street Dog Run, The Garden People’s Garden (91st Street) , the 91st Street Underpass, Firemen’s Island at 103rd Street, The Peter Jay Sharp Volunteer House, Cathedral Island (109th -111th Street), Kossuth-Tilden Island (111th – 113th Street) and the Riverside Valley Community Garden.

SUNDAY, MAY 18
12:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Volunteers from Ansche Chesed will be working in the Park.

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Native Plant Project volunteers will be working at the Native Plant garden (106th – 108th Street along the upper path).

MONDAY, MAY 19
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Our Ladies of the Underpass volunteers will be raking, planting and pruning at the 91st Street Underpass gardens.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Student volunteers from Dalton School will be working in the Park.

10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Student volunteers from Dalton School will be working at the Riverside Valley Community Garden (138th Street & 12th Avenue).

THURSDAY, MAY 22
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Volunteers from St. Michaels Academy will be working in the Park.

10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Volunteers from St. Michaels Academy will be working at the Riverside Valley Community Garden (138th Street & 12th Avenue).

FRIDAY, MAY 23
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Student volunteers from the Heschel School will be working in the Park.

TUESDAY, MAY 27
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Sierra Club volunteers will be pruning at the 105th – 109th Street Island.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 28
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Sierra Club volunteers will be working on a cribbing project between 139th-140th Street at the Riverside Valley Community Garden (138th Street & 12th Avenue).

THURSDAY, MAY 29
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Sierra Club volunteers will be working in the Park doing burdock removal and mulching on the 153rd Street slope. They will also be painting fence and digging logs into the slope at 151st Street.

FRIDAY, MAY 30
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Sierra Club volunteers will be working in the Woodland Restoration Area (108th – 116th Street) weeding & planting native grasses.

10:00 am – 11:30 am
Volunteers from the Homeschool Group will be working at the Riverside Valley Community Garden (138th Street & 12th Avenue).

1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Volunteers from Roots & Shoots will be working in the Park.

SATURDAY, MAY 31
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Volunteers from Clemson University will be planting vinca at the 105th Street Triangles.

10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Queens College Alumni volunteers will be working at the Riverside Valley Community Garden (138th Street & 12th Avenue).

Posted: Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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