Volunteers Have Great Turnout at First Annual It's My Park and Trail Day

On April 18, our department held it's first annual It's My Park and Trail Day. During this City-wide clean up effort, 173 volunteers gave 417.5 hours of their time to help beautify our parks and greenway trails. These outstanding volunteers included school organizations, service clubs, Adopt-A-Park and Adopt-A-Trail groups, Girl Scout and Boy Scout Troops, and individual neighbors. Altogether we were able to collect hundreds of bags of litter at approximately 15 parks and 20 miles of greenway trails in just one day! Thanks for your commitment to keeping our Raleigh Parks System clean.

Fred Fletcher Outstanding Volunteers

The 20th Annual Fred Fletcher Outstanding Volunteer Awards Ceremony was held this month to recognize some of our department's outstanding volunteers. These 14 individuals and groups have donated thousands of hours of their time over the past few decades to assist with athletic leagues, park maintenance and restoration, and recreational programming. On behalf of the Raleigh Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department, we would like to congratulate each of you on this prestigious honor and thank you for your volunteer service. 

Raleigh Convention Center Gets Revamped Thanks to LexisNexis

Volunteers from LexisNexis took an entire day to contribute their talents and resources to creating a new and improved landscape at the Raleigh Convention Center. The group was able to plant hundreds of annuals and perennials to create a unique centerpiece in downtown Raleigh.  For this project, 9 volunteers gave a total of 50 hours to beautify this high profile area. Our department  would like to say a big thank to this corporate group for their outstanding volunteer service.

Welcome Our New Volunteers

We would like to recognize a few individuals and groups that have recently joined our Adopt-A-Park and Adopt-A-Trail programs. For these opportunities, volunteers agree to maintain their adopted site for one year. Each quarter they participate in park maintenance projects and greenway cleanups to help beautify our Raleigh Parks System and Capital Area Greenway System. We look forward to seeing the impact each of these volunteers have on their adopted site.

Adopt-A-Park
Camden: Spring Forest Road Park
Southbridge Youth United: Brier Creek Park
Mary Lou Veal: City Cemetery
Martha Sayles: City Cemetery

Adopt-A-Trail
Nailah Nixon: Mile 6-7 on the Neuse River Trail 
David and Chelsea Jones: Mile 9-10 on the Neuse River Trail
Jon Ray: Mile 27-28 on the Neuse River Trail 
Phil Partin: Mile 0-1 on the Crabtree Creek Trail
Dale and Suzy Holmes: Mile 7-8 on the Crabtree Creek Trail
Delta Heating & Cooling, LLC: Mile 9-10 on the Crabtree Creek Trail
The North Face: Mile 12-13 on the Crabtree Creek Trail
The Seroka Family: Mile 13-14 on the Crabree Creek Trail
Gordon and Sue Keehn: Mile 14-15 on the Crabtree Creek Trail
The Farrells: Mile 0-1 on the Honeycutt Creek Trail
The Skelton Family: Mile 2-3 on the Honeycutt Creek Trail
Sanderson National Honor Society: Mile 4-5 on the Mine Creek Trail
SuperTarget of Wake Forest: Mile 1-2 on the Wakefield Trail
The Mills Family: Miles 0-2 on the Reedy Creek Trail
Triangle Young Professionals Civitan Club: Lake Johnson Loop
Engineers Without Borders - USA Research Triangle Professionals: Shelly Lake Loop

May V.I.Ps

April showers have brought an abundance of May flowers to our Raleigh Parks. This month our Volunteers in Parks (VIPs) stayed busy with several park beautification projects that included mulching, planting flower beds and vegetable gardens, removing invasives, and adding surfacing to playgrounds. We also had several volunteers assist with the Wake County Senior Games and Special Olympics Spring Games. During the month of April, the department had approximately 690 individuals volunteer 1,831 hours of their time to our city parks, special events, and programs. A big thanks to each of you for contributing your time, talents, and resources to the Raleigh Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department!

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Group Projects

Interested in coordinating a volunteer project for a group? Businesses, schools, churches and organizations are encouraged to contribute their time, talent and resources to our City Parks! Contact us to set up your personalized group volunteer project.

Volunteer Opportunities

Check out these upcoming opportunities!

Raleigh Rockets Track Meets

World's Largest Swimming Lesson

Southeastern Masters Track & Field

ICST Swim Meets

Mordecai Garden Volunteer Program

Mordecai Docent Volunteer Program

Adopt-A-Trail

The Adopt-A-Trail program provides a volunteer opportunity for interested individuals, businesses and groups to participate in trail cleanup and to support the Capital Area Greenway System. Click on the map above to find your trail segment now! 

 Volunteer Testimonials

"Our volunteer project was awesome!!  I had no idea we planted almost 3000 plants.  I look forward to next year!  I went out yesterday to see them and they look great!" 

"I really enjoyed meeting, and working with, the employees at the City of Raleigh Museum. I'm happy that I was able to help them prepare for their event next month."

"Horizon Productions volunteers had a lot of fun planting with the Raleigh Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department. Looking forward to the next time!"

"I would absolutely volunteer again! I enjoy serving my community and appreciate you coordinating events for me to be a part of."

"As always, your staff is great. The projects are easy to understand (especially for those of who don’t garden) and everyone comes away with a feeling of accomplishment."

"Volunteering for the Senior Games was a great experience. I enjoyed being able to see the excitement on the athletes faces when they were given their awards."

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Name that Raleigh Park

Do you know the name of this City of Raleigh Park? Submit your answer

Did you guess right? April's Name that Park was Laurel Hills Park! Congratulations to the volunteers who successfully identified the park.