It's My Park Day - Tomorrow!

It's My Park at MacDonald Park

Saturday, May 9, 2015

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

This It's My Park season, volunteer with Friends of MacDonald Park to help clean, rake, weed, paint and generally spruce up MacDonald Park in Forest Hills. We'll also be planting near the entrance gardens at Macdonald Park starting at 10AM. Please dress appropriately for projects. Please email info@QueensBLVD.org to register for the cleanup. We look forward to a great day of cleaning up MacDonald Park!

Location

MacDonald Park Entrance in MacDonald Park

Queens Boulevard and 69th Road

Queens

Directions to this location

Cost

Free

Event Organizer

Friends of Macdonald Park

Contact Number

(917) 558-3802

Contact Email

info@QueensBLVD.org

 

My Park Day at MacDonald Park

One of the event's organizers, Steve Melnick, sends out a sincere BIG thanks to all who participated in Saturday's community volunteer event, saying "It was a lot of work, but we accomplished practically everything as scheduled...in just over 2 1/2 hours! An extra thanks to the Rutgers students who drove in from Newark to help out.  And thanks to the NYC Parks Dept crew along with Partnerships For Parks coordinator, Nichole Henderson, for their support. A big thanks to Ed O'Neil,  our district gardener, for showing us the ropes."

Some numbers:

40 bags of leaves picked up

500+  daffodil bulbs planted 

7 trash bins painted

30 seasonal plants planted

22 volunteers - priceless