Sat, Mar 5, 2022, 10am – 1pm
It’s been three years since Shipe Park has seen its regular slate of events. We have missed the pool-opening party and movies at the park, but most of all, we have missed seeing our neighbors. While we are still under the shadow of COVID, the Friends of Shipe Park thinks it’s important to greet one another after a long hiatus and show some love to the park. It has served as a safe place and refuge to many of us during the pandemic, and we celebrate the hope that we can spend more time together there and at other HPNA gatherings.
With that in mind, we are planning to host It’s My Park Day at Shipe Park on Saturday, March 5, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sign up is open at https://austinparks.givepulse.com/event/270257-Refreshing-Shipe-Park
It’s My Park Day (IMPD) is a citywide event organized by the Austin Parks Foundation to galvanize volunteers to improve our neighborhood parks. Friends of Shipe Park sponsors the IMPD activities at the park, and we always have a robust turnout for the work done there. IMPD is a wonderful community event that will help the park while you get to know your neighbors. Nothing like digging in the dirt, weeding and aerating around your favorite old tree next to a whole bunch of friendly folks with common interests. Come join us!
As in years past, we’ll have similar grounds keeping goals:
- Mulching trees
- Spreading compost
- Cleanup of the landscape and beds around the pool
We ask volunteers to bring garden tools if they have them (and make sure to label them with your name, so they make it home with you at the end!). The kind of things we can always use:
- Work gloves
- Wheelbarrow (we always need more of these then we have)
- Garden forks
- Shovels
- Pitchfork
- Water bottle
- Wheelbarrow (yes, I listed it twice — we really do need them!)
It’s going to be a fun few hours of hard work and good times together! There will be snacks provided by Quack’s, along with music provided by the Griffin School House Band. Please wear work clothes and long sleeves.
Special thanks to all of the city-wide event sponsors, and the wonderful folks who are providing special support to our event this year:
Friends of Shipe Park 