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Typically, Timucuan Parks Foundation hosts a cleanup at a preservation park to honor King and provide a service opportunity to our community. This year, because we are not able to host an event open to the public, we encourage you to spend the MLK holiday outside doing something yourself to improve your community. We suggest getting a small group of … Read more
Students can earn community service hours from now through Jan. 5 by collecting litter at a park Timucuan Parks Foundation is offering students a chance to earn community service hours during the holiday season. From now through Jan. 5, students can visit a local park or preserve, clean up litter and earn two hours of community service. Participants will also … Read more
Students can earn community service hours from now through Dec. 2 by collecting litter at a park Timucuan Parks Foundation is once again offering a way for students to earn community service hours. Students can visit a local park or preserve from now through Dec. 2 to help clean up litter and earn community service hours. Two hours of community … Read more
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED. Join the Timucuan Parks Foundation and Friends of Talbot Islands State Parks in a morning of outdoor trail work and vegetation clearing to help protect a one-of-a-kind cultural gem, the Timucuan Indian Grand Site shell ring on Big Talbot Island State Park. Volunteers will assist in clearing encroaching vegetation using hand trimming tools, treating palmetto stumps, … Read more
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED. Join the Timucuan Parks Foundation and Friends of Talbot Islands State Parks in a morning of outdoor trail work and vegetation clearing to help protect a one-of-a-kind cultural gem, the Timucuan Indian Grand Site shell ring on Big Talbot Island State Park. Volunteers will assist in clearing encroaching vegetation using hand trimming tools, treating palmetto stumps, … Read more
MLK Day of Service Volunteer Project is Jan. 20 at Hanna Park Timucuan Parks Foundation is asking for volunteers to join them on Monday, Jan. 20 for MLK Day of Service, a nationwide observance celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The nonprofit organization and their City of Jacksonville park partner will be leading projects, including invasive plant … Read more
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service A Day of Park Restoration and Resilience Protection with the Timucuan Parks Foundation WHEN Monday, January 20, 2020, 9 a.m. to 12 noon WHERE Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park 500 Wonderwood Drive Jacksonville, FL 32233 Tell the ranger at the front gate that you are there to volunteer. Meet and sign in at the lakefront parking … Read more
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service A Day of Park Restoration and Resilience Protection with the Timucuan Parks Foundation WHEN Monday, January 20, 2020, 9 a.m. to 12 noon WHERE Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park 500 Wonderwood Drive Jacksonville, FL 32233 Tell the ranger at the front gate that you are there to volunteer. Meet and sign in at the lakefront parking … Read more
Awards presented during the 27th Annual Environmental Awards Ceremony Timucuan Parks Foundation joined the City of Jacksonville for the 27th Annual Jacksonville Environmental Awards Luncheon at University of North Florida’s Adam W. Herbert University Center. This year, TPF chose three individuals to receive environmental awards. Craig Morris, a supervisory park ranger with the National Park Service, was chosen for the … Read more
Trail maintenance in NE JAX-Pumpkin Hill Creek area off Cedar Point Rd – a part of the Friday Mornings in the Parks summer series of volunteer projects with JaxParks. Volunteers are asked to meet at 9 AM at the picnic pavilion, and wear closed-toed shoes and clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. Also bring work gloves (if you have them), … Read more