May 16th, 2020

May 16th is Wellness Day for Love Your Park at Home!

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May 16th is Wellness Day during Love Your Park @ Home! Here are all the things you can learn, share, and do to celebrate wellness in Philly parks.

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LEARN: How to meditate with Nicole Miller (via Zoom at 11am)

Take a moment to be still, learn about, and practice meditation with local yoga teacher and personal coach, Nicole Taylor of Evolve Philadelphia.

SHARE: How do Philly parks help you stay healthy?

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Share how Philly's parks are part of your health & wellness routine, or how Philly's parks help you stay healthy. Tag #loveyourpark.

DO: Stretching exercises with We Walk PHL! 

Stretching is an important part of being active, even for walking. It is best to stretch warm muscles, so stretching after a brief warm-up and/or at the end of the walk is recommended. Learn key stretching exercises from the folks at We Walk PHL and all the ways they’re keeping active.

Upcoming Love Your Park @ Home Events

2025 BPTA Spring Clean Up

April 5th at 9:00am
4100 Chamounix Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19131

Please join us for our annual Spring Clean Up! We'll be joining Park and community groups across the City in participating in the Streets Department's Philly Spring Clean Up event. We'll also have opportunities for trail work and maintenance for volunteers interested in getting the trails ready for the Spring and Summer months. We will stage in the parking lot on Chamounix Drive across from Ridgeland Mansion and will work to clear the parking lots, woods and trails of trash and debris in the area bounded by Belmont Mansion Drive, Belmont Avenue, Edgely Drive and Chamounix Drive. Work gloves, clean up supplies, and light refreshments will be provided. Rain Date is Sunday, April 6th 9:00 AM to 12 Noon

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Garden Maintenance with Friends of FDR Park

April 5th at 10:00am
1900 Pattison Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19145

Meet us at 1954 Pattison Ave, the first building on your right as you enter the park at 20th street. We have multiple shifts.

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Philly Spring Cleanup: Lemon Hill Addition

April 5th at 10:00am

It's the Streets Department's annual Spring Cleanup! Our event will focus on roadsides around Lemon Hill- litter and any debris that impedes on sidewalks.

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