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Darke
County Parks…
Volunteer
Opportunities for September
September
is here! Please review the list
of volunteer opportunities below as there are some new
opportunities. Please let me know if you can assist with any
of
them. Hope to see you soon!
Thursday,
September 6th – Task Force Day-
8AM
Meet
us at Turkeyfoot parking lot as our goal
for the day will be to tackle the following: repair boards on bridge,
repair a
parking block, install new post by parking lot, etc.
Thursday,
September 6th – Bike to Health
-6:00 PM
Join
a Naturalist as we bike all or a portion
on the Tecumseh Trail. Meet at the Gettysburg Access Point (Bridge
Street).
Families are welcome.
Tuesday,
September 11th – Worth Family
Preserve – 8AM
Assist
staff in cutting down a tree in the
North end of the parking lot. Please plan on bringing a chainsaw if you
have
one.
Friday,
September 14th – Shawnee Prairie
Preserve- 9AM
Join
Naturalist as we work in the prairie
gardens around the Nature Center removing woody growth and other
invasive
plants.
Monday,
September 17th- Shawnee Prairie
Preserve- 9AM
Meet
us by the big red barn to cut down corn
from the field and start making our corn shocks for Prairie Days! Feel
free to
bring a corn knife if you have one.
Thursday,
September 20th- Shawnee Prairie Work
Day -8AM
Join
us today as we plan to complete the last
couple things on our list before Prairie Days.
Thursday,
September 20th- Log House- 9AM
Join
us as we clean the Log House for the
festival weekend.
Saturday,
September 22nd- Prairie Days Workday-
10AM-4PM
Join
us today as we plan to complete any
craft/exhibit preparation that still needs to occur before the festival
and
answer ANY questions you may have for the festival.
Be sure to
R.S.V.P. for the workday, TODAY!
Thursday,
September 27th - Apple Butter
-9AM
Join
us today as we will be peeling and cutting
all the apples for this weekend’s festival.
Friday,
September 28th -Apple Butter- 7AM/
Festival Set- UP- 9AM
Join
us today as we get the grounds ready to go
for the Prairie Days Festival. We will also be making apple butter
today.
Saturday,
September 29th- Prairie Days Festival
-10AM-5PM
Don’t
let yourself miss out on the largest
event of the year! We need your help assisting the public with
activities,
stirring apple butter, hosting the Log House, make-it take- it crafts
and much
more! Join us for a busy and exciting weekend.
Sunday,
September 30th- Prairie Days Festival
-Noon-5PM
Don’t
let yourself miss out on the largest
event of the year! We need your help assisting the public with
activities,
stirring apple butter, hosting the Log House, make-it take- it crafts
and much
more! Join us for a busy and exciting weekend.
Laura
Schwieterman
Volunteer
Coordinator/ Naturalist
937.548.0165
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