Volunteer Highlight of the Month: Hillside Park Adopt-A-Park Volunteers

By: Mal Atkinson, Resource Coordinator

Hillside Park received a little extra love and care from two local organizations! On Saturday July 9, Climate Reality - Durham Chapter, coordinated by Rachel Owens and Dick’s Sporting Goods (New Hope Commons store), coordinated by Taariq Branch, spent the morning cleaning the park. Ten volunteers donated nearly 20 hours of their time serving Durham Parks and Recreation. The baseball field, pool, playground, picnic shelter areas, and the basketball courts were all cleaned by the volunteers resulting in 10 bags of trash being removed from the park.

Our Adopt-a-Park/Trail program is designed to encourage the community to work hands-on to help keep our parks and trails clean and attractive. We have 65 parks in our park system and over 20 miles of trail available for adoption. Any civic-minded individual, group or organization can adopt a park or portion of a trail. If you are a Garden club, corporation, Scout group, student organization, social club, youth sports organization, or homeowner association, consider partnering with DPR in giving back to your community!

Thank you Climate Reality and Dick's Sporting Goods for Playing More with DPR!

We have volunteer opportunities with Durham Parks and Recreation all year long! If you have a special gift, talent or ability that you're looking to share with the community, visit our website, email Mal Atkinson at DPRvolunteers@durhamnc.gov or call 919-560-4355 for ways to volunteer today!