From the Mayor's Fit City office. Earth Day/Fit City activities to clean
up area parks
There's no excuse not to get moving this weekend.
You can take part in the American Cancer Society Run/Walk in Madison
Saturday morning at Warner Park. For more info check out their website at
http://www.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=46141
Mayor Dave will be using Earth Day as the backdrop for his quarterly
Fitness Event.
Help celebrate Madison's 8th Annual Earth Day Challenge and Fit
City Madison Event by cleaning a up an area park.
The event will take place Saturday, April 17th with over 2,000
volunteers donating a few hours of their time to plant trees and clean up
several of Madison's 249 parks. These volunteers consist of neighborhood
associations, schools, youth groups, families, seniors, and
individuals. Even Mayor Cieslewicz will be rolling his sleeves up to
help spread over 60 tons of gravel on new trails at Prairie Ridge Park!
The festivities will begin on Friday, April 16th with local
elementary schools celebrating the Earth Day Challenge as well as Youth
Service Day and Arbor Day. Students and Staff at Midvale Elementary,
Sandburg School, Lakeview Elementary, and Kennedy School will not only be
planting trees, but picking up trash around their schools and neighboring
parks.
The Earth Day Challenge serves as the kick-off for the Park
Division's volunteer season. Every year citizens volunteer thousands of
hours in their neighborhood parks by cleaning up trash, maintaining
flower gardens, removing garlic mustard, spreading mulch, and raising
money for park improvements.
All the time donated by volunteers is greatly appreciated and
serves as a gracious contribution to our community. The City of Madison
Parks Division would also like to thank Starbucks Coffee for sponsoring
the 2004 Earth Day Challenge.
If you or your group would like to participate in the Earth Day
Challenge, please call Laura Whitmore, Parks Community Relations
Coordinator at 266-5949. Or e-mail Laura at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Volunteers are still needed at various parks
across the city, so if you are interested in rolling up your own sleeves
to help this great cause, there are still parks available for clean up.
Following is a schedule for Friday and Saturday events:
Friday, April 16th:
� 9:00 a.m.*Kennedy School
Students will be picking up trash and planting a tree in Kennedy Park.
Kennedy Park location: 5202 Retana Drive
� 10:00 a.m.*Sandburg School
Students will be picking up trash and planting a tree at Sandburg Park.
Sandburg Park location: 2998 Independence Lane
� 12:30 p.m.--Midvale Elementary School
60 students will be picking up trash and planting a tree at Westmorland Park.
Westmorland Park location: 4114 Tokay Boulevard
Saturday, April 17th
� 9:00 a.m. * Noon*Prairie Ridge Park
Volunteers, including the Mayor and his office, two UW groups, and the
105.5 Green Team, will be graveling trails.
Prairie Ridge Park location: 4606 Berkley Drive
Directions to project: although address for park is 4606 Berkley Drive,
the project meeting place is on Wentworth Drive. Directions are: From
Raymond Road, turn SOUTH on to Muir Field Road, the RIGHT on Gladstone,
RIGHT on Berkley Drive, LEFT on Wentworth.
� 9:00 a.m. * Noon*Westmorland Park
Volunteers will be spreading mulch.
Westmorland Park location: 4114 Tokay Boulevard
� 9:00 a.m. * Noon*Turville Woods
Volunteers will be pulling Garlic Mustard, an invasive weed.
Olin-Turville Park location: 1156 Olin-Turville Court
� 9:00 a.m. *Noon*Cherokee Marsh
Volunteers will be picking up trash.
Cherokee Marsh location: Corner of School and Wheeler Roads.
� 9:00 a.m.*2:00 p.m.*Esther Beach
Waunona Neighborhood Association will be picking up trash, spreading
mulch, and removing lake weeds.
Esther Beach location: 2802 Waunona Way
� 10:00 a.m.--Noon*Bernie's Beach
Volunteers will be picking up trash and lake weeds on the beach and
surrounding bay area.
Bernie's Beach location: 901 Gilson Street
� 10:00 a.m.*Noon*Hoyt Park
Friends of Hoyt Park will be picking up trash and pulling Garlic Mustard.
Hoyt Park Location: 3902 Regent Street
Have a great week!!
Pam Tauscher
Public Information Officer
City of Madison Public Health Dept.
608-294-5312
608-235-2859 cell phone
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