2 Months to It’s My Park Day!

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What do the following companies have in common: Wheatsville Food Co-op, Jackson Walker LLP, Community TechKnowledge, Texas Gas Service, BMC Software, URS, MFI Foundation, Technu Extreme, REI, Clif Bar, Hill Country Outdoors and Texas Rowing Center? They are all sponsors of the 2011 edition of It’s My Park Day, which is coming up on March 5, 2011. Our sponsors make …

It’s My Park Day reports from the field

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Here are some of the comments we got on Facebook! Look for more IMPD updates here, on our Flickr site, and on our main website It’s My Park Day page. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] [/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

It’s My Park Day – Wooldridge and Republic Squares

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We had a downtown squares double-header for It’s My Park Day – we spent the morning at Wooldridge (officially 100 years old!) spreading 46 cubic yards of mulch around all of the big trees, as well as bare spots and also began the process of scraping and sanding down the railings on the gazebo for a big paint job to …

It’s My Park Day is here – tell us/show us what you did

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Looks like we’re going to have a good morning on this annual It’s My Park Day.  We’re going to be at two events – Wooldridge Square in the morning – mulching and sanding the gazebo and at Republic Square in the afternoon – planting 1600 plants in the Auction Oaks area from 1:30-3:30 pm.  Please tell us what you did, …

Still Need Some Volunteers for It’s My Park Day

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Tomorrow, It’s My Park Day returns – with 69 park improvement projects across Austin’s parks.  We have over 2,357 volunteers signed up, but we could still use several hundred more – our goal is 3,000 volunteers.  You can sign up at www.austinparks.org – among the projects with openings are: Williamson Creek Clean-up Johnson Creek Hike and Bike Trail Bull Creek …

It’s My Park Park Day is Saturday – Now is the time to sign up!

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Our biggest event of the year – It’s My Park Day – is this Saturday and we need a lot more volunteers.  So, if  you’re thinking of helping out, please don’t wait any longer – sign up on our website: www.austinparks.org – we have 67 park improvement projects to choose from and while we have 1,600 volunteers signed up, we’re …

3,200 T-Shirts to Fold & 3,000 Calendars to Roll

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We’re less than two weeks away from our annual It’s My Park Day and we’re looking for volunteers to help us fold 3,200 volunteer t-shirts and roll 3,000 calendars Wed through Friday in three hour shifts at our offices.  We also have trash bags, work gloves, clif bars and other items to process and package up.    We’ll reimburse you …

It’s My Park Day Video Spot

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Thanks to Victor Ovalle at the Austin Parks and Recreation Dept, we have a great promotional video to promote It’s My Park Day on March 6th – check out the 59 park improvement projects that you can sign up to volunteer for at www.austinparks.org [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” …