May 13th, 2020

Community Day: Love Your Park at Home May 13th Schedule

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Wednesday, May 13th is Community Day during Love Your Park @ Home! Here are all the things you can learn, share, and do in celebration of community in Philly parks.

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LEARN: All the reasons to love FDR Park

Now is the perfect time to fall in love (or fall in love again!) with FDR Park, South Philadelphia’s largest and most dynamic public space. FDR Park - also known as The Lakes - offers over 350 acres of lakes, fields, meadows, bridges, marshes, mystery, and magic. A unique recreational and natural landscape activated by the incredible cultural diversity of South Philadelphia, FDR Park is truly a gem of Philadelphia’s public park system.

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SHARE: Why you #loveyourpark!

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Shout out your Philly park! How is your park unique and/or how does it represent your neighborhood and community? Use our fun template to tell the world why you #loveyourpark!

Take a screenshot of the image above, fill in the blanks, and tag us on social media! 

DO: Join the Philadelphia Parks Alliance Day of Action

Our friends at the Philadelphia Parks Alliance are celebrating today with the Love Your Park & Rec Center Day of Action! It's an entire day of activities you can take part in to support our civic spaces.

Please join Philadelphia Parks Alliance on Wednesday, May 13 at noon, for a live question and answer session about the essential services that Parks and Rec provides with Philadelphia City Council members Cindy Bass, Isaiah Thomas, and Jamie Gauthier. They're also hosting a live Q&A with Philadelphia Parks & Recreation Commissioner Kathryn Ott Lovell at 2:00pm. Visit the Facebook live link for both events here.

You can submit your questions using the hashtag #ParksAndRecQandA or in the comments to this post before and during the live broadcast.

Visit the link below to see the full schedule.

Upcoming Love Your Park @ Home Events

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Park Archers at FDR Park

June 26th at 10:00am
3605 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19148

FDR's free archery program returns for summer 2026, and we could use your help! Volunteers will sign in participants, manage lines, and serve as a resource about the park. Volunteers should be over the age of 16. The program takes place outdoors, and will be canceled in event of rain.

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Cobbs Creek Cleanups

June 28th at 2:00pm
Webster St & S 63rd St Philadelphia, PA 19143

Volunteers (14+ yrs) are needed to help preserve and restore Philadelphia‘s open space. Join the Cobbs Creek Ambassadors for outdoor volunteer experiences on the Saturdays and Sundays of every month! Projects will rotate along Cobbs Creek Pkwy - from Woodland Ave to Market St. . We bring the tools, gloves, and expertise. You bring the energy! If you are bringing a group have them register here. We can handle groups up to 25 on a first come first served basis.

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Park Archers at FDR Park

July 3rd at 10:00am
3605 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19148

FDR's free archery program returns for summer 2026, and we could use your help! Volunteers will sign in participants, manage lines, and serve as a resource about the park. Volunteers should be over the age of 16. The program takes place outdoors, and will be canceled in event of rain.

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