Volunteers Continue to Celebrate Earth Day at Hendricks Park

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04/2 /03 THU 09:0 FA% 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ADMIN ~ 001 April 24, 200 CONTACT: ? Lucy Vini ,Eugene Campaign Manager, Earth Share of Oregon, 344-1302 ? Sandra stin, Friends of Hendricks Park, 607-4066 i~ ? John Mo arty, Coordinator, Hendricks Park Forest Management Plan, 682-5324 I!I FOR IMMED ATE RELEASE I, VOLUNTEE S CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE EARTH DAY AT HENDRICKS PARK I'~, Earth Day celebrations continue at Hendricks Park this Saturday, April 26, with two Iii volunteer wo projects. From 9 a.m. to noon, volunteers from half a dozen local businesses 'I active in Ea h Share of Oregon fundraising campaigns, including the City, EWE6, PSC Scanning, M lecular Probes, and Oregon Research Institute, will remove invasive weeds in the park. O er community members are welcome to join the volunteer corps at the F.M. I Wilkins Shel rat 2200 Summit Averiue at 9 a.m. From 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Edison Elementary School famili s, along with volunteers from the Friends of Hendricks Park and the Walama Restoration roject, will also contribute to the ongoing and intensive effort of removing invasive we ds in the forest, as well as, spread fresh wood chips on the new native plant trail. "Duri g the past two years, a concerted effort has been underway to remove English ~ ivy as part o a comprehensive forest restoration program in the park," explains John Moriarty, II Hendricks P rk Forest Management Plan coordinator. "Once the ivy is removed, we have to protect the eared areas from other invasive plants which move in. These volunteers will help us stay ahe d of the weeds." Eart Share of Oregon, formerly Environmental Federation of Oregon, raises funds for 68 environm ntal groups and is dedicated to providing a convenient way for Oregonians to I'~ support gro ps working for the environment. The group spearheads fundraising campaigns at area busine ses in the fall. "This project is a reminder that there are many ways to give," says local Earth here representative Lucy Vinis. "Getting out on a spring day to a beautiful community ark is a way to have fun and feel the satisfaction of knowing that one person in muddy boot can make a difference." Orga izers of the Edison-Friends of Hendricks Park project see this as the beginning of along-term duration and service relationship between park staff and the children and families oft a school. The project will emphasize forest ecology, native plants and invasive plants. ' For ore information about the City-Earth Share event, call344-1302 or 682-5324. For more inform tion about the Friends of Hendricks Park-Edison project, call 607-4066 or 682- 5324. ;