Updated Site Info!

Hey team!

Just got word from our Site Captain, Sam.

First of all, there is a SLIGHT CHANCE we might be provided with a shuttle bus to the location. If they have enough interest they MIGHT be able to get a couple of yellow school buses, which will be parked at the NYCares office on 29th St. between 7th and 8th Aves in Manhattan. They'll leave at 8:30am and go directly to the park and then return to the office at the end of the project, probably around 3pm. Although there is a big parking lot for any volunteers wanting to drive, and they can park right next to where we'll be working. It's very convenient.

  • It's a big park and will require a few hundred volunteers actually so we'll have a big group.
  • There is an access road into the park that currently looks like it's been abandoned, with mounds of soil 6ft high or higher along the road interspersed with cobblestones and garbage and fallen trees, and behind these mounds attract wily teenagers and sometimes a few homeless people.
  • Our job will be to try to level out these mounds from the road to the fence behind them, clean up the garbage and recycle the cobblestones.
Info. about the day:
  • The day will begin with registration in the picnic area from 9-9:30am, then we'll gather for a brief introduction and get started right away on the project.
  • We'll break for lunch around 12:30-1:30pm and then finish up, clean up and wrap up by 3pm at the very latest.
  • Sam does not believe any coffee or breakfast items will be available at the start of the day so volunteers can take care of that before they arrive.
  • For lunch, everyone is encouraged to bring their own lunch as the park is big making it not very practical to leave to get anything.
  • We can order pizza however, of which Sam can collect $5 dollars at registration time from anyone who wants in on pizza + soda. There will be a lot of us and we'll want to place the order in the morning so please encourage everyone to have their money ready when they arrive.
  • There is a great picnic area right near where we'll be working where we can all stop and take a nice break.
And it's still not too late to join! Tell your friends!