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Tuesday Stewardship

Valley Green Inn, Valley Green Road at Forbidden Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19128, United States

Meeting at Valley Green Inn Do you love Wissahickon Valley Park? Would you like to play a direct role in keeping this special place clean and accessible for generations to come? Then join us for litter clean-ups at various locations on Tuesday mornings this summer! No experience is needed. We provide gloves, tools and instruction – you just need to show up! Volunteer service Days are excellent, easy ways to help us take care of Wissahickon Valley Park. Be sure to wear sturdy footwear and long pants, and bring a water bottle with you. Detailed information will be included in

Tuesday Stewardship

Valley Green Inn, Valley Green Road at Forbidden Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19128, United States

Meeting at Valley Green Inn Do you love Wissahickon Valley Park? Would you like to play a direct role in keeping this special place clean and accessible for generations to come? Then join us for litter clean-ups at various locations on Tuesday mornings this summer! No experience is needed. We provide gloves, tools and instruction – you just need to show up! Volunteer service Days are excellent, easy ways to help us take care of Wissahickon Valley Park. Be sure to wear sturdy footwear and long pants, and bring a water bottle with you. Detailed information will be included in

Tuesday Stewardship

Valley Green Inn, Valley Green Road at Forbidden Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19128, United States

Meeting at Valley Green Inn Do you love Wissahickon Valley Park? Would you like to play a direct role in keeping this special place clean and accessible for generations to come? Then join us for litter clean-ups at various locations on Tuesday mornings this summer! No experience is needed. We provide gloves, tools and instruction – you just need to show up! Volunteer service Days are excellent, easy ways to help us take care of Wissahickon Valley Park. Be sure to wear sturdy footwear and long pants, and bring a water bottle with you. Detailed information will be included in

Annual Members Meeting

Valley Green Inn, Valley Green Road at Forbidden Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19128, United States

Members are invited to gather with us in person at Valley Green Inn on June 4 at 6 PM to review the past year, elect members to the Board of Directors, and learn about upcoming projects and Friends of the Wissahickon’s plans for stewardship in 2024. We will also be joined by Susan Slawson, Philadelphia’s newly elected Parks Commissioner, who will speak to us about her vision for the city’s park system. Slawson was appointed recreation Commissioner for the City of Philadelphia in 2008 by Mayor Michael Nutter. During the financial crisis in 2008, Susan was able to raise millions

Kid-friendly Hike with Marv Schwartz

Valley Green Inn, Valley Green Road at Forbidden Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19128, United States

Meet at the Valley Green Inn We will meet at the Valley Green Inn and walk downstream along Forbidden Dr. We will descend the steps to the Livezey dam and and also venture into the seldom-visited Gorgas creek cave. After crossing the stream at the Mt. Airy bridge we will head back upstream on the rocky, hilly and in some places wet, orange trail. After passing inside the enclosed, iron-mesh Fingerspan bridge high above the Wissahickon, we will stop on the steps for a snack break. We will continue on to the historic Glen Fern house and Devils Pool on