The park doesn’t need a volunteer day. It needs a few people who quietly tidy the place every time they’re there.
Children who see you do this remember it. They will do it too, twenty years from now, in a park you’ll never see.
Clean Up a Park on Your Walk
Bring a trash bag and a pair of gardening gloves on your usual walk. Fill the bag on the way out, drop it in the dumpster on the way back.
What you'll need
- Trash bag (kitchen size)
- Gardening gloves
- Optional grabber stick from the hardware store
Pitfalls
- Don't pick up needles or sharps without a grabber.
- Don't lecture other parkgoers.
- Don't make it a one-time event. Make it a habit on your normal walk.
The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it. — Psalm 24:1