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I Love My Park Day 2019 at Belmont Lake State Park

at Belmont Lake State Park | Sat May 04

Location

Belmont Lake State Park

625 Belmont Ave
West Babylon, NY 11704
(Map)
Tel: 631-667-5055
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Date & Time

09:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Sat, May 04, 2019
Cost: See event description
Description

I Love My Park Day, held the first Saturday in May, attracts thousands of volunteers from across the state to participate in cleanup, improvement, and beautification events at New York State parks and historic sites. Join us to celebrate New York's park system by cleaning up park lands and beaches, planting trees and gardens, restoring trail and wildlife habitat, removing invasive species, and working on various site improvement projects.

Volunteer Project #1: Garbage Removal: We will gather a group of volunteers to pick our lake using a pedal boat, or you can walk along the lake and pick debris. Please bring gloves if you do not wish to wear our neoprene gloves. We will provide a bag, a vest and a pick stic
Please bring: Garden Gloves
Ages: All ages welcome

Volunteer Project #2: Painting Projects: Cannons, Bike racks, bench ends, bbq grills & bridges. We will ask that there be an adult with any minors during these various painting projects, to ensure that the paint is being properly used. We will provide neoprene gloves and pa
Please bring: Garden Gloves
Ages: Appropriate for 13 and up

Volunteer Project #3: Trail Repair: We will ask volunteers to do some maintenance in our trails, which includes laying bluestone screening on the trail floor and filling in various uneven areas. We will have tree/bush/hedge trimming that will need to be done as well. Please
Please bring: Garden Gloves

Parks & Trails New York