Volunteers needed for June 2 Trails Day at Cape Henlopen State Park

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Volunteers are needed for National Trails Day at Cape Henlopen State Park, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, June 2. Volunteers of all ages are invited. Park staff encourages groups as well as individuals to participate.
The main emphasis is on doing maintenance (pruning overgrowth, clearing debris, picking up trash) on all the trails throughout the park. Volunteers will also be doing some invasive species removal, beach cleanup and landscaping.
Volunteers will meet at the large picnic pavilion adjacent to the main bathing beach parking lot and choose one of the projects to work on from 9 a.m. to noon. At noon, all will come back to the pavilion to enjoy a cookout given by the ladies of the Village Improvement Association.
The first 100 volunteers will receive a free National Trails Day T-shirt.
National Trails Day, a National Service Day created by the American Hiking Association, is sponsored by the Friends of Cape Henlopen State Park. The mission of the Friends in sponsoring this event has been threefold: to assist the park in maintaining trails, to encourage citizens of all ages to become involved in volunteerism in their communities and to promote the stewardship of natural resources.
For more information contact Rob Schroeder, National Trails Day coordinator for the Friends of Cape Henlopen State Park, at the Biden Center, 302-click article link for phone number
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