Twenty-seven volunteers dedicated over 140 hours in March to cleaning up City parks and Eastwood Cemetery, removing nearly 1,400 pounds of trash and natural debris.
Pear Blossom Park: Volunteers focused on cleaning picnic tables, trash can lids, and removed 80 pounds of trash from nearby business parking lots, including the parking garage.
Jackson Park: A group cleared 200 pounds of trash and natural debris and cleaned graffiti from park structures.
Donahue-Frohnmayer Park: Volunteers removed 200 pounds of trash and debris, along with sleeping bags, mats, and other items from an abandoned camp. They also raked and leveled the woodchip area under the play structures.
Veterans Park: A team cleared 120 pounds of trash, including two shopping carts, and power-washed markers near South Pacific Highway. Graffiti was also cleaned from several memorials.
Hawthorne Park: Volunteers collected 80 pounds of trash, removed graffiti from various surfaces, and power-washed the outdoor gym.
Eastwood Cemetery: Groups cleared 700 pounds of debris left by the historic February snowstorm and cleaned several headstones.
These efforts were organized by Parks, Recreation and Facilities’ Volunteer Coordinator Tyson Thompson. For more information on park and neighborhood cleanup opportunities, click here.