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Monday, April 20, 7-9 PM
Berkeley Partners for Parks Earthweek Symposium:
Citizens and Our Local Green Spaces:
Maximizing Your Input
Join Sue Ferrera, Berkeley Parks Supervisor, and experienced leaders in a conversation on how to start a project, work with government, get funding, and attract volunteers. Find out specifics on the upcoming UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Community Partnership Grants! Tell your friends! Put it on your calendar! West Berkeley Senior Center, 1900 Sixth St. (at Hearst).
Saturday, March 7
Berkeley Path Wanderers: Power Walk, 10 a.m. This will be a challenging, fast-paced fitness walk through John Hinkel Park, on Acacia Walk, and past Grizzly Peak Blvd. to Vistamont with a return via Easter Way. Meet at the picnic area of Indian Rock Park. Info: 510 848 2944, colleenneff@earthlink.net, www.berkeleypaths.org
Wednesday, March 4
Berkeley Path Wanderers: UC Campus Outdoor Sculpture Walk, 10 a.m. A continuation of Alan Kaplan’s art and architecture walks, this moderately-paced tour will focus on the interesting sculpture dotting the UC-Berkeley campus. Meet at the UC Campus – North Gate entrance. Info: 510 528-3246, keithskinner.public@gmail.com, www.berkeleypaths.org
Join us Sunday, Jan 18th from 11am to 2pm at the historic Berkeley Aquatic Park to help us restore and revive this precious local resource. Bring your family, friends and neighbors for an afternoon of landscaping, cleanup, trail reclamation, habitat restoration and a bit of history. The Aquatic Park is Berkeley’s largest park and was built in 1935 as part of the original WPA project. Join us in renewing our commitment to our community as we embark on a NEW New Deal!
To sign up for this event go to: http://www.pic2009.org/page/event/detail/4jtbr
If you would like to sponsor a tree planing (for $20) in honor of MLK, the Inauguration, or a special person in your life, please email aquaparkcleanup@gmail.com .
This cleanup event is part of the Nation Weekend of Service (Jan 17-19) in honor of MLK and the upcoming Inauguration. Citizens like you are hosting dozens of community service events all weekend long. To see more events near you, or create your own event go to: http://www.usaservice.org/
Berkeley Path Wanderers: Monkey Island Park neighborhood walk, Wednesday, January 7, 10 a.m. Tour the Monkey Island Park neighborhood, including Avalon Walk and Oak Knoll and Tanglewood Paths. This will be a fairly easy route with some stairs and some uphill. We will finish on College Ave. at Ici for an ice cream cone. Meet at Monkey Island Park, Claremont Blvd. & Garber St. ColleenNeff@earthlink.net, 510 848 2944, www.berkeleypaths.org