Winter Warmup Volunteer Event at Ederle Promenade

Last month in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, we closed out our volunteer season with the last clean-up event of the year! High school volunteers persevered through the frigid temperatures to beautify the Ederle Promenade by raking all the autumn leaves to prepare for winter. 

The cleanup united high school students from different communities across New York to accomplish the goal of cleaning up their community park. Volunteers cleared the leaves to enhance the iconic views by the Ederle Promenade and worked as a team to show their teamwork and initiative to care for their community. As the volunteers were bagging the leaves together, they were surprised to see the impact they have made with just a few hours of raking. 

The event was a huge success, despite the cold weather, our volunteers brought their energy and enthusiasm to collect over 165 bags of leaves!  

Thank you to all the high school volunteers who came out to show love to Flushing Meadows Corona Park, we truly couldn't have done it without the energy and enthusiasm that they brought. We hope to see many of the volunteers return in the future! 

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Generous support for the Stewardship Team is provided by grants from Con Edison and Citizens Bank.