Help needed cleaning up Palmer Park from storm damage

Volunteers are needed for a special workday Saturday, June 16, at Palmer Park to repair damage from the recent hailstorms.

Work is scheduled from 8 a.m to 11:30 a.m. Volunteers will clean up trails, scoop out sand and pick up trash.

Meet before 8 a.m., if possible at the baseball diamonds near the Maizeland entrance.

If you can't make it by 8 a.m., you can still join a work crew.

Wear appropriate clothes, and take work gloves, water, sunscreen and a hat.

If you have gear, such as a trash picker/scooper or shovels, they could be handy.

Snacks are welcome.

Children may work as long as they are well-supervised.

If possible, please register with Tom Howes, president of Guardians of Palmer Park, so he can organize work crews: guardiansofpalmerpark@comcast.net or 475-1824.

If you arrive late and need directions Saturday, call 466-3514.

MORE WORK NEEDED

* Volunteers also are needed to work in North Cheyenne Cañon Park on Saturday, June 16, from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Call 385-6086 to register and learn the details.

* Volunteers also are needed to work at in Bear Creek Regional Park on Saturday, June 16, from 9 a.m. to noon. Contact Donna Nelson at dznelson@springsgov.com or 385-5477 to register and for details.