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VU PHL July 2023 Event at Liberty Lands!
Parks and Recreation, VU PHL Style:
We’re headed back to the Northern Liberties Green to spend the morning cleaning up and improving Orkney Park on Saturday July 8th. Once we finish beautifying the park, we’ll get to enjoy the benefits of our hard work by celebrating our 6th birthday party there! (Food and beer is on us!)
Northern Liberties Green is a group dedicated to maintaining green spaces in the Northern Liberties neighborhood.
Here’s what we’ll be doing at Orkney Park:
- Weeding
- Cleaning
- Pruning
- Graffiti cleaning
- Fixing park furniture
What you’ll need:
- Dress for the weather and in clothing suitable for physical activity
- Sunscreen
- ** Reusable water bottle (NoLibs parks have water fountains & fill stations)
- Work gloves (if you have them, we will also provide!)
Other Information:
- NoLib Green will provide all tools & equipment for the activities. They also have used work gloves available
- Parking: street parking surrounding the park, we suggest allowing some extra time to look for a spot!
- We will send out directions and parking information with the reminder email before the event
AFTERJAWN!
- It’s our Birthdayjawn! Please stick around afterwards to enjoy some (free) food, drinks, games, and hangs with your new volunteering friends!
- Our Birthdayjawn is also our annual fundraiser. We’ll be selling raffle tickets for some pretty sweet prizes!
- All funds raised go to support our work in the community (Supplies for volunteering events, donations to our nonprofit partner organizations, etc.)
- Additional details to come in the days ahead – stay tuned!
Questions? Contact us at volunteeringuntappedphl@gmail.com
Cheers,
VU PHL