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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FDR Park Garden Workdays

October 8th at 9:30am
1600 Pattison Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19145

Help our park bloom! Volunteers will be an essential part of weeding and maintaining FDR Park's gardens, including our Pollinator and Learning Gardens.

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FDR Park Clean Ups!

October 10th at 10:00am
1600 Pattison Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19145

Join Friends of FDR park and take a stroll and clean up the Park! Meet new people or bring a friend! Meet us at the WELCOME CENTER at 1800 Pattison Ave, the first building on your right as you enter the park at 15th street. You can call/text 215-479-1954 if you can't find it.

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Cedar Park Work Day

October 10th at 10:00am
4900 Baltimore Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19143

Come join us as we work in the park and help keep it green and clean! Tools and gloves will be provided. Please bring your own water bottle.

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