DeKalb County’s Friends of Shoal Creek Park I + Park Pride to host Earth Day volunteer project April 23

DECATUR, GA– In celebration of Earth Day, DeKalb Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs’ Friends of Shoal Creek Park I and Park Pride will team up to host a volunteer project on Saturday, April 23, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Shoal Creek Park I, 3642 Glenwood Road, Decatur.

The public is invited to volunteer alongside neighbors at the Shoal Creek Park I to clean up while enjoying the outdoors. The workday will target saving trees from English ivy, clearing vegetation and litter pick up.

Participants are encouraged to bring a refillable water bottle, wear closed-toed shoes, long pants and sleeves to avoid any scratches or accidental contact with poison ivy. Park Pride will provide work gloves and tools.

For more information, contact LaShanda Davis, Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs public relations specialist, at 404-371-3643 or lsdavis@dekalbcountyga.gov.