BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.2//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:247@ulstercorps.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210501T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210502T160000 DTSTAMP:20241120T023543Z URL:https://ulstercorps.org/events/i-love-my-park-day-2021/ SUMMARY:I Love My Park Day 2021 DESCRIPTION:What is I Love My Park Day?\n\nI Love My Park Day\, held the fi rst Saturday in May\, attracts thousands of volunteers from across the sta te to participate in cleanup\, improvement\, and beautification events at New York State parks and historic sites. Join us to celebrate New York's p ark system by cleaning up park lands and beaches\, planting trees and gard ens\, restoring trail and wildlife habitat\, removing invasive species\, a nd working on various site improvement projects\n\nI Love My Park Day 2021 \n\nI Love My Park Day—the largest single-day volunteer event in NYS—w ill be celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2021 and whether this is your f irst or your tenth I Love My Park Day—welcome. With the ongoing pandemic \, spring is going to look a little different\, but we are excited to be h osting a safe\, in-person I Love My Park Day event. This year\, in partner ship with NY State Parks and DEC\, PTNY will be hosting a more contained\, two-day event on Saturday & Sunday\, May 1st-2nd.\n\nVolunteer registrati on is now open! See below for map and list of events as well as links to r egistration.\nhttps://www.ptny.org/events/i-love-my-park-day\n\n\nMinnewas ka State Park Preserve: Sam's Point Area (SATURDAY\, MAY 1)\nStart time: 1 0am\nEnd time: 4pm\nMeeting Location: Sam's Point Visitor Center\nAges: Ap propriate for ages 13+\n\nVolunteer Project: Movin’ Rocks on the Verkeer derkill Falls footpath\n\nThis well-loved trail needs some TLC! We will be moving some rocks where the trail has been worn down making the foot bed of the trail more stable. Once the foot bed becomes more stable\, it will be less appealing to trample the vegetation around the trail. This is a gr eat project for those who want to get outside and put some love back into the trails you use\, learn new trail work techniques\, and make some new f riends!\nPlease bring: Water\, snacks if desired\, and lunch. Safety glass es and work gloves will be provided\, but please bring them if you have yo ur own. Please be sure to wear appropriate footwear for the trail (sturdy hiking or work boots) and long pants. Lunch will be eaten out on the trail .\nAges: This volunteer opportunity is appropriate for adults and children who are at least thirteen years old\, accompanied by a parent or guardian over the age of 18.\n\nQuestions?\nCall: (845) 647-7989\nEmail: rebecca.h owe@parks.ny.gov\n\n\nMinnewaska State Park Preserve: Sam's Point Area (SU NDAY\, MAY 2)\nStart time: 10am\nEnd time: 2pm\nMeeting Location: Sam's Po int Visitor Center\nSpecial Instructions: Volunteers must start at 9:30 AM \, but the end time is flexible.\nAges: Appropriate for ages 5+\n\nVolunte er Project: Waking up the Sam’s Point Pollinator Garden\n\nSpring is her e and our garden is flourishing! The bees are buzzing\, the butterflies ar e fluttering\, and the flowers are blooming. Come help Sam's Point Staff b eautify and maintain our native plant garden. This project will be taking place in front of the Sam’s Point Visitor Center. Once the garden is com plete\, we will head out onto the trails to remove invasive plant species. \n\nPlease bring: water\, snacks if desired\, lunch\, and garden gloves\nA dditional tools: trowel\, hand rakes\n\nAges: This volunteer opportunity i s appropriate for adults and children who are at least five years old\, ac companied by a parent or guardian over the age of 18.\n\nQuestions?\nCall: (845) 647-7989\nEmail: rebecca.howe@parks.ny.gov\n\n\nMinnewaska State Pa rk Preserve (SUNDAY\, MAY 2)\nStart time for all projects: 10am\nEnd time for all projects: 4pm\nMeeting Location for all Projects: Lower Parking Ar ea at Minnewaska State Park Preserve\nSpecial Instructions: Please let the Park Preserve staff know that you are volunteering for I Love My Park Day .\n\nVolunteer Project #1: Volunteers will work with the New York-New Jers ey Trail Conference members and Park Preserve staff to harden and repair t he trail surface on the first half mile of the Mossy Glen Footpath. Deep p uddles frequently form on this section of trail and hikers walk around the edges of these wet spots\, widening the trail in the process. Volunteers will create rock crush and apply it to the trail to fill in potholes of th is seasonally wet area.\nProject location: Mossy Glen Footpath\nAges: Appr opriate for 13+\nPlease bring: Garden gloves\n\nVolunteer Project #2: Volu nteers will work with New York-New Jersey Trail Conference members and Par k Preserve staff to install posts with trail blazes on a section of trail that wanders through a field. While the path is well-defined\, this sectio n of trail is missing trail blazes\, which could confuse park patrons or e ncourage them to leave the trail. The goal is to clearly define the trail for hikers.\n\nVolunteers will use posthole diggers and shovels to create the holes to insert the posts\, level the posts\, and fill the holes back in. If weather conditions allow\, volunteers will also paint these posts. Some tasks will be physically demanding and may involve carrying\, lifting and bending. It is recommended that volunteers bring work gloves\, waterp roof boots and clothes they don’t mind getting dirty\, as this project m ay be muddy and wet. Volunteers are also encouraged to bring their own too ls. This program is appropriate for children over the age of 13\, accompan ied by a parent or guardian over the age of 18.\nProject location: Red Loo p Footpath\nAges: 13+\nPlease bring: Gardening gloves\n\nVolunteer Project #3: Volunteers will be working with New York New-Jersey Trail Conference members and Park Preserve staff to repair a section of the bog bridge on t he Jenny Lane Footpath. Volunteers will perform\, and assist with\, the fo llowing tasks: carrying lumber one half-mile on the Jenny Lane Footpath to the work site\, removing broken boards\, replacing broken boards\, and ca rrying broken boards back to the project meeting point.\n\nSome tasks will be physically demanding and may involve carrying\, lifting and bending as well as using hand tools\, such as hammers\, hand saws\, cordless drills\ , and crow bars. It is recommended that volunteers bring work gloves\, wat erproof boots and clothes they don’t mind getting dirty\, as this projec t area may be muddy and wet. Volunteers are also encouraged to bring their own tools. This program is appropriate for children over the age of 13\, accompanied by a parent or guardian over the age of 18.\nProject location: Jenny Lane Footpath\nAges: 13+\nPlease bring: Garden Gloves\n\nAdditional Information: All participants must wear face coverings or keep a minimum of six-foot distance away from others who are not part of their immediate household.\n\nQuestions?\nCall: (845) 255-0752\nEmail: Nicholas.Martin@par ks.ny.gov\n\n\nhttps://ptny.wufoo.com/forms/m1a1ogyh0x7ecrh/\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ulstercorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/ 11/image_slider_1-scaled-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR