May 10th, 2020

Family Day May 10: Love Your Park at Home Schedule

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Sunday, May 10th is Family Day during Love Your Park @ Home! Here are all of the fun activities you can learn, share, and do with the whole family.

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LEARN: How to be a Climate Hero (Video) 

Motivated by environmental education for kids, Climate Heroes engages children about our beloved natural world! Inspired by the family-friendly Cimate Heroes curriculum, we hope to teach our youth to value the importance of the health of our shared planet through fun learning – we are bringing this introduction to you and your children at home so they can make their way towards becoming nature's very own Climate Heroes! Watch the video below, then click here to learn even more!

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SHARE: Mother's Day activities for the whole family

Share the power of play this LYP season, with your family or on your own! With this wonderfully engaging Studio Ludo playpack, let's keep our awesome kids playing while social-distancing. In honor of Love Your Park @ Home, Studio Ludo developed these Mother's Day activity sheets for kids and families to enjoy and celebrate moms (the best play-mates of all time)! Share the love with others by donating a play pack to a Philly family in need. #SpreadTheJoyNotTheVirus

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DO: A mini-yoga class with Fairmount Park Conservancy

Fairmount Park Conservancy will welcome everyone to Love Your Park @ Home and offer a short hike to a special treehouse in the park for an inspiring, beginner friendly mini yoga class led by Lauren Daddis.

Watch live at 3pm

Don't miss these upcoming Love Your Park @ Home events

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Cobbs Creek Community Workday

April 14th at 9:00am
280 Cobbs Creek Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA 19139

Join Fairmount Park Conservancy for a Community Volunteer Workday! Join us on Tuesday, April 14th, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM as we help refresh the gardens at Cobbs Creek Recreation Center with perennial cutbacks, weeding, and mulching. We’ll provide all necessary tools, supplies, and materials for the workday, including gloves. We look forward to working with you!

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Belmont Wetland Community Planting

April 15th at 9:00am
Army Rd & Belmont Mansion Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19131

Join Fairmount Park Conservancy and the Philadelphia Parks & Recreation team for a volunteer planting workday at the Belmont Wetlands in West Fairmount Park on Wednesday, April 15th, from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM. This volunteer event is open to all ages and people of all abilities. Anyone interested is welcome to participate. Please use the mid- and low-Belmont Plateau parking lot. Volunteers will be able to select their project, including: * Planting & protecting native trees * Watering trees and shrubs * Trash cleanup as needed

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Earth Week Kickoff and Closing!

April 18th at 10:00am
1800 Pattison Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19145

Let's celebrate the beginning (4/18) and end (4/25) of Earth Week by giving back to Nature! You can choose from a variety of activities including trash picking, weeding, mulching and more! 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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