Keep Clark Park Clean & Green

For people across Philadelphia and beyond 2020 has been a challenging year. This has been true for organizations throughout our West Philly community, but COVID19 has also created challenges for the Friends of Clark Park.  With the focus on utilizing outdoor spaces Clark Park has been busier than ever. The Friends of Clark Park have continued come through with our promise to keep the park clean, beautiful, and well-maintained, but the added traffic can at times make this an incredibly difficult and expensive task. We were also forced to cancel our usual fundraising events such as Party In The Park and Clark Park Soccer. We need your help to be able to continue our good work in 2021 by raising $10,000. Check out the full campaign HERE. Your donations will go directly toward: Cleaning the Park.  Funds will provide volunteers with tools and supplies such as rakes, shovels, gloves, and light refreshments for monthly volunteer work days. The funds will also pay for a maintenance contractor to combat rapid trash accumulation when the park is at its busiest by picking up litter and emptying trash cans. Gardening Program.  Your donation will go toward supplying new plants including shrubs and flowers to make the garden plots lush with color and supply volunteers with tools. A professional arborist is regularly hired for major pruning work on the trees.  Usability.  Your donation also funds continued projects to help improve how we use the park everyday such as the installation and maintence of benches, picnic tables, and the chess tables. We also continue to purchase and refresh the orange chairs and tables regularly.  These programs are crucial to keep Clark Park the vibrant public space we all love, but they come at a significant cost and you can make a difference with your contribution. Please keep in mind that Friends of Clark Park is a non-profit section 501(c)(3) organization and your contributions are tax deductible. Thank you for being a part of something bigger!

Keep Clark Park Clean & Green

For people across Philadelphia and beyond 2020 has been a challenging year. This has been true for organizations throughout our West Philly community, but COVID19 has also created challenges for the Friends of Clark Park.  With the focus on utilizing outdoor spaces Clark Park has been busier than ever. The Friends of Clark Park have continued come through with our promise to keep the park clean, beautiful, and well-maintained, but the added traffic can at times make this an incredibly difficult and expensive task. We were also forced to cancel our usual fundraising events such as Party In The Park and Clark Park Soccer. We need your help to be able to continue our good work in 2021 by raising $10,000. Check out the full campaign HERE. Your donations will go directly toward: Cleaning the Park.  Funds will provide volunteers with tools and supplies such as rakes, shovels, gloves, and light refreshments for monthly volunteer work days. The funds will also pay for a maintenance contractor to combat rapid trash accumulation when the park is at its busiest by picking up litter and emptying trash cans. Gardening Program.  Your donation will go toward supplying new plants including shrubs and flowers to make the garden plots lush with color and supply volunteers with tools. A professional arborist is regularly hired for major pruning work on the trees.  Usability.  Your donation also funds continued projects to help improve how we use the park everyday such as the installation and maintence of benches, picnic tables, and the chess tables. We also continue to purchase and refresh the orange chairs and tables regularly.  These programs are crucial to keep Clark Park the vibrant public space we all love, but they come at a significant cost and you can make a difference with your contribution. Please keep in mind that Friends of Clark Park is a non-profit section 501(c)(3) organization and your contributions are tax deductible. Thank you for being a part of something bigger!

Here Comes Love Your Park on Nov. 14th

Love Your Park Fall Service Day on November 14th is nearly upon us and Clark Park is poised to play a very special role as a model park for the city. That’s right Clark Park will be this years Signature Site for Love Your Park which means Philadelphia Parks and Recreation will be highlighting and participating in special celebrations in our park to kickoff this annual citywide event.

For the uninitiated Love Your Park Fall Service Day is a citywide volunteer event on the second Saturday of November. Over 100 parks across Philadelphia host volunteer events to clean up our parks after a busy summer season and prepare these public green spaces for winter – and the following spring! Volunteers plant and care for trees, rake leaves, plant flower bulbs, clean out garden beds, and more. 

As the Signature Site for Love Your Park, Clark Park will host a special celebration and volunteer workday. Join Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, Fairmount Park Conservancy, and the Friends of Clark Park to plant trees, spruce up the garden beds, collect leaves for compost, and clean up trash and litter. All tools and materials, including gloves, will be provided. All participants are required to wear masks, which will also be available for anyone who needs one. After the workday, Mayor Kenney, Councilperson Gauthier, and the Friends of Clark Park will join us for a brief speaking program to commemorate the citywide service day and celebrate Philly’s incredible parks and public spaces. Schedule 10:00am – Volunteer check-in 10:15am – Begin projects 11:45am – Wrap-up projects 12:00pm – Speaking program with Mayor Kenney and Councilperson Gauthier

Check out the Love Your Park website for more details and to sign up to volunteer.