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Sat 04 May
I Love My Park Day 2024
Saturday, May 4, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site
Join other volunteers to beautify the battlefield! Participants will gather in the lower parking area and split up from there. Volunteers may plant flowers (hand tools provided) or help clear trails. Bring a lunch if you plan to picnic afterward. Watch https://www.ptny.org/events/i-love-my-park-day for the link to register, coming soon.
Sat 04 May
I Love My Park Day
Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Clay Pit Ponds Interpretive Center
Show your park some love during this state-wide event! Join us at the Nature Center and help us with important trail restoration including wood chipping, log rolling, and litter removal. Volunteer registration opens early April, sign up at: https://www.ptny.org/events/i-love-my-park-day
Registration: Required
Sat 04 May
I Love My Park Day
Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve
Show your park some love during this state-wide event! Join us at the Nature Center and help us with important trail restoration including wood chipping, log rolling, and litter removal. Volunteer registration opens early April, sign up at: https://www.ptny.org/events/i-love-my-park-day
Registration: Required
Sat 04 May
I Love My Park Day at Hubbard Lodge
Saturday, May 4, 2024 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Fahnestock State Park (Clarence Fahnestock)
Meet at the patio overlooking the Hubbard Lodge Butterfly Garden at 2920 US RT. 9 in Cold Spring to clean up and prepare for replanting the native perennial beds. Bring garden forks, rakes, hoes and spades. Wear long sleeves, sun hat, garden gloves and sturdy work boots. Appropriate for ages 13 and up.
Sat 04 May
I Love My Park Day
Saturday, May 4, 2024 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Gantry Plaza State Park
Show your park some love! Help us with various projects to beautify the park. Volunteer registration opens early April, sign up at: https://www.ptny.org/events/i-love-my-park-day.
Sat 04 May
I Love My Park Day: NY State Parks Centennial Salute Open House
Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Hallock State Park Preserve
All are welcome to drop in for a NY State Park's 100th anniversary open house celebration at Hallock State Park Preserve, sponsored by the Parks and Trails New York. Ongoing programs, provided by the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, representatives of the Shinnecock Nation and State Parks staff will include: 10:00 a.m. -Noon Volunteer Beach Cleanup activity, 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Trail Walk - Local Indigenous Peoples Relationship with Nature Walk, Noon-1:00 p.m. Indigenous Peoples Collective Prayer for whales and marine life, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Volunteer tree planting activity, 1:00 p.m. -2:30 p.m. Volunteer Beach Clean activity, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Nature/Trail walk with our State Park Naturalist focusing on how the Park Preserve is "reverting" back to nature. Ongoing: Tours of AMSEAS trailer and Eco-partner tabling, Hallockville Farm Museum table, Restrooms, water bottle filling station and gift shop available at Visitor Center.
Sat 04 May
I Love My Park Day Cleanup (Free)
Saturday, May 4, 2024 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Hempstead Lake State Park
Join us for our annual I Love My Park Day trash cleanup. All ages welcome. Visit www.ptny.org/events/i-love-mypark-day to register.
Sat 04 May
I Love My Park Day at Little Stony Point
Saturday, May 4, 2024 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Hudson Highlands State Park Preserve
Little Stony Point Citizens Association is a proud participant in I Love My Park Day. Help make this Hudson River Coast Line the most pristine and welcoming in the lower Hudson Valley. We will be picking up litter on the beaches and doing trail maintenance around Little Stony Point. T-shirts will be available to volunteers. Ideal event for teens, families, corporate volunteers and scout groups. FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sat 04 May
I Love My Park Day
Saturday, May 4, 2024 09:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Volunteer to help clean your park to get ready for peak season. Work alongside park staff cleaning the park and trails. Leaf and litter pick-up, gardening, playground work, etc. Enjoy lunch with the Friends of Letchworth group. Registration required on ptny.org/events/i-love-my-park-day. For more details call (585)493-3600.
Registration: Required
Sat 04 May
I Love My Park Day
Saturday, May 4, 2024 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Jay Heritage Center
Show Mother Nature some love and spend the day outside! JHC is pleased to be a returning participant in New York State's Annual I Love My Park Day. Volunteer your time working in our historic gardens or help out in the meadows. All ages welcome. Please visit our website to learn more and sign up for this FREE event.
Sat 04 May
I Love My Park Day
Saturday, May 4, 2024 09:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Volunteer to help clean your park to get ready for peak season. Work alongside park staff cleaning the park and trails. Leaf and litter pick-up, gardening, playground work, etc. Enjoy lunch with the Friends of Letchworth group. Registration required on ptny.org/events/i-love-my-park-day. For more details call (585)493-3600.
Registration: Required
Sat 04 May
I Love My Park Day
Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Marsha P. Johnson State Park (East River State Park)
Show your park some love! Help us with various projects to beautify the park. Volunteer registration opens early April, sign up at: https://www.ptny.org/events/i-love-my-park-day.
Sat 04 May
I Love My Park Day
Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Mills Norrie State Park (Margaret Lewis Norrie)
Join the Calvert Vaux Preservation Alliance for "I Love My Park Day" on Saturday, May 4 and help us clean up and beautify the area around Hoyt House and Hoyt bridge approaches at Mills-Norrie State Park. All ages welcome, appropriate for ages 13 and up. Meet at the 4-way intersection at Mills, follow signs for parking. Bring bug spray, sunblock, gloves and clippers/pruners. To RSVP: ptny.org/events/i-love-my-park-day.
Sat 04 May
I LOVE MY PARKS DAY
Saturday, May 4, 2024 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Minna Anthony Common Nature Center
Show your Nature Center some love! Volunteer to spruce up the Nature Center grounds from a long winter. Help us prepare for another busy summer season. This is the day when we get out our mop buckets, sponges, garden trowels, rakes, and clippers, and work to beautify our Nature Center. Lunch will be complimentary for all volunteers. To preregister, visit ptny.org/ilovemypark or call the Nature Center at (315) 482-2479.
Sat 04 May
I Love My Park Day
Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Help get Niagara Falls State Park ready for the summer 2024 season with I Love My Park Day! A variety of activities will be occurring around the park. All ages welcome! Registration Required on I Love My Park Day Website.
Registration: Required
Sat 04 May
I Love My Parks Day
Saturday, May 4, 2024 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Olana State Historic Site
Join us for a day of stewardship and service at Olana State Historic Site and help make sure Frederic Church's artist-designed landscape is ready for another great season! This state-wide event brings together OLANA Volunteers, The Olana Partnership's Staff, and our New York State Parks Team to help get our public lands and Frederic Church's vision ready for the Spring. 1:30-2:30pm – FREE Special Tours: Kick off your day with optional free tours about Olana's history or how New York State's stewardship team manages invasive plants. Questions email: education@olana.org. 2:30-4:00pm - Volunteer Activities Led by Olana Staff: Join fellow volunteers to get Olana State Historic Site ready for the spring season. Sign up for activities by emailing lmiller@olana.org. Park Cleanup & trash removal, Removing Invasives, Planting Flowers at Cosy Cottage, Indoor Classroom Cleanup at the Wagon House Clean-up.
Sat 04 May
I Love My Parks Day
Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park
The Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct are hosting four I Love My Park Day events in collaboration with Parks & Trails NY on the Aqueduct Trail, all on May 4th with rain dates of May 5th. The four locations are: Croton-on-Hudson, Northern Irvington, Central Irvington, and Yonkers. They are all designed to tend the Aqueduct Trail and all will involve removal of invasive species to make room for native plants, and in addition will include trash removal. The Irvington groups will also do some restoration planting with native plants and the Croton one will include restoration of an historic stone wall, as is traditional for this site. Registration is recommended and is now live so volunteers can register for their chosen event via the website of the Friends of the OCA using this easily accessible link: https://aqueduct.org/ILMPD.
Registration: Required
Sat 04 May
I Love My Park Day
Saturday, May 4, 2024 09:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Join Preserve staff and the Friends as we give back to our beloved park and build up our community in this state-wide day of volunteering! Become part of the team and take this opportunity to celebrate and enhance a place that holds fond memories for all of us. Free t-shirts and snacks will be available first come, first served at check-in. All ages are welcome. Project location and details will be announced in April, stay tuned! Please register at: friendsrock.org/i-love-my-park-day.
Sat 04 May
I Love My Park Day
Saturday, May 4, 2024 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site
Collaboration with the American Battlefield Trust "Park Day" and Sackets Harbor Central School's "Patriots Pride Day" Clean up on site. Free American Battlefield Trust backpacks for participants. Volunteer registration opens early April, sign up at: https://www.ptny.org/events/i-love-my-park-day.
Sat 04 May
I Love My Park Day 2024
Saturday, May 4, 2024 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site
Join us to show your love during the 2024 I Love My Park Day! at Schoharie Crossing! Across New York State People are showing their love of Parks & Historic Sites by volunteering their time to work on special projects, trail work, gardening, and more! We're lining up some flower planting and other gardening tasks to help spruce up near the Visitor Center. * Contact SchoharieCrossing@parks.ny.gov for registration information.* We strongly suggest you wear sturdy water-resistant footwear, bring work gloves and dress for the weather. Volunteer registration opens early April, sign up at: https://www.ptny.org/events/i-love-my-park-day.
Sat 04 May
I Love My Park Day!
Saturday, May 4, 2024
Selkirk Shores State Park
Details to follow 
Sat 04 May
I Love My Park Day
Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
Volunteer to help with an outdoor project in the mansion's beautiful historic landscape. Lunch will be provided for volunteers, courtesy of The Friends of Mills at Staatsburgh For ages 13 and up. For more information call (845) 889-8851; to register: www.ptny.org/ilovemypark, Cost: free.
Sat 04 May
I Love My Park Day at Hubbard Lodge
Saturday, May 4, 2024 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Taconic Outdoor Education Center
Meet at the patio overlooking the Hubbard Lodge Butterfly Garden at 2920 US RT. 9 in Cold Spring to clean up and prepare for replanting the native perennial beds. Bring garden forks, rakes, hoes and spades. Wear long sleeves, sun hat, garden gloves and sturdy work boots. Appropriate for ages 13 and up.
Sat 04 May
I Love My Park Day
Saturday, May 4, 2024 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
On I Love My Park Day – Saturday, May 4 – folks from around the community are invited to volunteer in Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park and make a difference! Our friends with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation are seeking help with general beautification around the Walkway. All are welcome.
Sat 04 May
I LOVE MY PARKS DAY
Saturday, May 4, 2024 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Wellesley Island State Park
Show your Nature Center some love! Volunteer to spruce up the Nature Center grounds from a long winter. Help us prepare for another busy summer season. This is the day when we get out our mop buckets, sponges, garden trowels, rakes, and clippers, and work to beautify our Nature Center. Lunch will be complimentary for all volunteers. To preregister, visit ptny.org/ilovemypark or call the Nature Center at (315) 482-2479.
Sat 04 May
I Love My Park Day
Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Woodlawn Beach State Park
Show your love for Woodlawn Beach State Park for I Love My Park Day by helping cleanup the park! Equipment will be provided. Registration Required on I Love My Park Day Website.
Registration: Required