I Love My Park Day 2021 at Hempstead Lake State Park

"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

I Love My Park Day—the largest single-day volunteer event in NYS—will be celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2021 and whether this is your first or your tenth I Love My Park Day—welcome. With the ongoing pandemic, spring is going to look a little different, but we are excited to be hosting a safe, in-person I Love My Park Day event. This year, in partnership with NY State Parks and DEC, PTNY will be hosting a more contained, two-day event on Saturday & Sunday, May 1st-2nd."

Meeting Location: Volunteers will meet in the open field adjacent to the entrance ramp to the Southern State Parkway Westbound from Peninsula Blvd Southbound. Park staff will have a check in area set up there.
Special instructions: Volunteers should park along the brush line of the open field. OPRHP staff will provide gloves, pick sticks, and bags. If volunteers would like to bring their own rakes, shovels, or pick sticks they are encouraged to do so. All tools will be sanitized before and after use.
Start time: 9:00am
End time: 12:00pm
All ages welcome

Project: Shoreline cleanup. Volunteers will collect any items that have washed up along the shoreline, due to the pond being fed from street runoff."

Register with Parks & Trails New York here