Volunteer Opportunities

Download the Membership and Dues Form (dues year begins 4/15/10)

Work Sessions for Spring 2010

Interested worker bees can email Ginny at info@friendsofwaterfordpark.org if you’re planning to help at a session, or you can just show up. Feel free to address any questions to the above email address.

Meet at the kiosk in Waterford Park -  weather permitting

We welcome new volunteers - no special skills required.

Early May

There is plenty of garlic mustard in bloom. If you have the chance, please pull the plants up and throw them on the ground. They pull up easily. If you are not sure what garlic mustard looks like, do a Google search on "Weed of the Week Garlic Mustard" to get to a good site. Or Google "Garlic Mustard images" for pictures.

We welcome new volunteers - no special skills required.

On-going - Spring and Summer 2010

• We work every week for a few hours, often on Sunday afternoons and other times as our regular members have the opportunity. Please email Ginny at info@friendsofwaterfordpark.org to ask about upcoming sessions.

 

 

Upcoming Work Sessions

(see on-going)

 

COMING UP!!!

• May 2 - FCC students working with us to secure deer fencing.

 

• May 12 - 7 pm Talley Center - annual meeting with Friends of Baker Park. The Mayor of Frederick and Deputy Director of Parks and Recreation will be there to answer any questions we have.

 

• May 22nd - Eagle Scout project Brook Hill United Methodist Church Troop planting of 80 3-gallon trees in the woods along Carroll Creek.

 

• May and June - complete the clearing of invasives from the Waterford side of Rock Creek. Volunteers needed to put the cut brush into piles.

 

• May and June - continue pulling weeds from the woods edge near the paved path - we have many wildflowers and shrubs planted that need to have a chance to flourish

 

• Mondays in July - SummerServ students working with Volunteer Frederick will mulch and water plants to help them get through the hot summer months.

Recent Events

• Oct.25, '08 - Special Fall Planting with Volunteer Frederick

• Oct.4, '08 - Special Fall Planting day

• May 21 '08 7 pm - Talley Rec. Center - General Membership Meeting - Joint meeting with the Friends of Baker Park -  Tim Davis from the City of Frederick will update us on the status of the proposed bike path. We will also discuss FWP plans for the remainder of 2008.

• Sat, April 26, '08 - The Big Sweep team from FWP will clean Rock Creek.

• Sun, April 6, '08 - planting day with the Boy Scouts.

• Sat, March 29, '08 from 9:00 a.m. to noon- working with Potomac Conservancy to plant seedlings donated by the Conservancy and MD DNR. Mike Kay, DNR forester, will be assisting. Learn how to plant the seedling and install the tree tubes.

• Mon, March 10, '08 at 10:00 a.m.- filming for MPT Volunteer-athon