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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Weed Warriors at FDR Park

October 31st at 10:00am
1600 Pattison Ave Philadelphia, PA 19145

The battle against purple loosestrife begins in summer! We'll also work to maintain plant beds and gardens with weeding and mulching. Meet new people or bring a friend!

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FDR Park Clean Ups!

October 31st 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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FDR Park Community Planting

November 3rd at 9:00am
1500 Pattison Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19148

Join Fairmount Park for a volunteer workday at FDR Park Meadow Lake on Tuesday, November 3rd from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM. The area around the lagoon was recently cleared of invasive species, and we need your help planting more native trees & shrubs. We will be planting a combination of native trees that will be established over the winter and provide benefits to the wildlife around the lake.

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