Saturday was a banner day for volunteering! To start with, TreeKeepers volunteers and residents of the Westwinds Park Neighborhood Association joined forces for a work day at Westwinds Park under the leadership of the Parks & Recreation forestry crew. The group planted several trees to create a screen from Stadium Boulevard, mulched and composted around the trees, and then tackled re-graveling a section of trail damaged by the recent heavy rains. In a little more than two hours, the group had all the work done, showing that many many hands really do make light work! When the work was completed, the group gathered at the Westwinds shelter for food and fellowship and a visit from Councilman Jerry Wade. This was a fantastic example of a neighborhood that got involved and made a difference! Thanks to the TreeKeepers the more than a dozen residents who came out to help.
After leaving Westwinds Park, I went to Nifong Park to visit the volunteers at the Heritage Festival. It was a beautiful day so the volunteers in the children's area were busy!! They were doing all kinds of things - making rope from yarn, creating mushrooms and pumpkins out of newpaper, and finding arrowheads in the sand and keeping them as necklaces. It took more than 75 volunteers to help with the Heritage Festival. Thanks to each of them who helped create a special memory for children and families.
Leigh Britt
