4 ways to help White Center parks this summer
From Lina Rose with King County Parks:
I believe that a great way for community members to make a positive impact is to join together in service to improve the health and safety of their parks. Studies show many shared benefits to working towards healthy urban forests in our communities – from increased ecological value, animal habitat to positive public health impacts like lower asthma and obesity rates when there are trees or a healthy park nearby. Studies also show, and I have seen this many times anecdotally, that crime within parks declines when restoration efforts are going on there. A challenge is that when that activity leaves the park… where does it go. Not everything can be solved through restoration efforts but this service is one key ingredient to a healthy and safe community.
I am leading 9 events in White Center this summer, 4 of them are open to the public:
June 4, 9 am-1 pm North Shorewood Park (National Trails Day!)
June 11, 9 am-1 pm Thurnau Memorial Park
June 18, 12 pm-3:30 White Center Heights Park (Seattle Works Day)
August 13, 9 am-1 pm North Shorewood Park
Interested community members should contact me by phone or email prior to the event so I can make sure that they have all the information they need for the project and that I have an accurate count of volunteers to plan for tools, etc.
E-mail Lina at lina.rose@kingcounty.gov to let her know you’ll be there.
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