<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><span><h1 style="background: rgb(255, 250, 205); border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8125em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 30.324px; clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Volunteer</h1><p style="background: rgb(255, 250, 205); border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15.96px;">Every spring and fall we work with our park friends groups to recruit 2,500 volunteers who help clean and green parks across Philadelphia during Love Your Park Week and the Love Your Park Fall Service Day. Nearly 100 parks across Philadelphia participate each season and need help cleaning up litter and debris, caring for trees, gardening, and more!</p><h2 style="background: rgb(255, 250, 205); border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8125em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How it Works</h2><p style="background: rgb(255, 250, 205); border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15.96px;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Most Love Your Park events are organized by our network of volunteer-based <a href="https://www.phila.gov/departments/philadelphia-parks-recreation/get-involved/park-friends-groups/" style="background: transparent; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: none; border-left: 0px; border-image: initial; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 85, 0);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">park friends groups</a>.</strong> Park friends groups are community-based groups of neighbors who <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">volunteer their time</strong> to host park clean-ups, plan events and activities in their park, and advocate for improvements. That’s right – the vast majority of LYP events are run by community volunteers! Fairmount Park Conservancy and Philadelphia Parks & Recreation partner to provide resources and support to participating park friends groups, most of whom are officially registered members of the Philadelphia <a href="https://www.phila.gov/departments/philadelphia-parks-recreation/get-involved/park-friends-groups/" style="background: transparent; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: none; border-left: 0px; border-image: initial; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 85, 0);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Park Friends Network</a>.</p><h2 style="background: rgb(255, 250, 205); border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8125em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How to Participate</h2><p style="background: rgb(255, 250, 205); border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15.96px;">1) Check out the <a href="https://loveyourpark.org/all-events" style="background: transparent; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: none; border-left: 0px; border-image: initial; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 85, 0);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">map of participating parks</a>.</p><p style="background: rgb(255, 250, 205); border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15.96px;">2) Once you’ve selected a park, click “Sign Up” and register to volunteer.</p><p style="background: rgb(255, 250, 205); border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15.96px;">3) You will receive a confirmation email after successfully registering. This email will connect you with the Park Friends group hosting your event.</p><p style="background: rgb(255, 250, 205); border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15.96px;">4) Stay in touch with the event leader for your site in case of any changes. Please let them know if you are no longer able to make it.</p><p style="background: rgb(255, 250, 205); border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15.96px;">5) Questions? Please contact us at volunteer@loveyourpark.org or (215) 683-3679.</p><h2 style="background: rgb(255, 250, 205); border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8125em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ready to Love Your Park?</h2><p style="background: rgb(255, 250, 205); border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15.96px;"><a href="https://loveyourpark.volunteerhub.com/" style="background: transparent; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: none; border-left: 0px; border-image: initial; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 85, 0);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img class="ydp4bec19fealigncenter ydp4bec19fewp-image-2868 ydp4bec19fesize-full" src="https://loveyourpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/REG-NOW-2.png" alt="" style="border: 0px; 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