This Saturday you can volunteer to help get McGolrick Park ready for summer.
East Hanover REI — Hands on New York Day
Date: 4/16/2011
Event Location: McGolrick Park
Event Fee: Free
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (EDT)
Partner Organization: New York Cares
Group Size: 75
Description: Join REI, New York Cares and 5,000 volunteers to make New York City’s parks and gardens cleaner, greener, and ready for summer on Saturday, April 16. Hands On New York Day is an incredible day of service. Volunteers will rake and clean debris, plant, mulch, paint fences and benches, and more. It’s a great day out, and great way to make the Big Apple shine. REI will host a stewardship project in McGolrick park in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
For more info and to register please visit the website here.
I love McGolrick Park, and I don’t mean to look a gift horse in the mouth, but I sure do wish this effort was focused on McCarren Park, which could use a lot more TLC.