Volunteers Denver Parks and Recreation Volunteer Office The Denver Parks and Recreation Volunteer Office was designed to help coordinate recreation and/or park volunteer projects for individuals and groups.     Upcoming Events NOTICE!   Thank you for your interest in volunteering with Denver Parks and Recreation for our Annual Put the Beds To Bed event, scheduled for October 24, 2009.  Unfortunately, an early frost this year has required our staff to start pulling flowers. Therefore, we have made the decision to CANCEL the event this year. It is great to see volunteers give back to the community and we truly appreciate it! Please keep us in mind for future projects and we look forward to working with you again. Thanks, Volunteer Office On-going Events • Red Rocks Park clean-ups, last Saturday of each month   • Adopt-A-Trail, twice a month clean-ups and restoration of trails   • Flower Garden maintenance, pick your week, throughout the summer at various locations   • Adopt-A-Park; volunteers help out their park on a quarterly or 3-4 times a year.   • Natural Area Stewards, work twice a month in a designated area   • Youth Service Projects and Corporate Service Projects   • Neighborhood Park Projects

South Platte River Clean-Up On Sunday, April 26th 130 volunteers met to clean up trash along the South Platte River through Denver.  The volunteers included rafters, kayakers, cyclists and hikers that cleaned from Grant-Frontier Park to the City of Cuernavaca Park.  The clean up started in the sun at 11:00 and finished in pouring rain around 5:00.  Every volunteer did a great job making sure that this stretch of Denver’s river, bike paths and parks would be trash free for everyone to enjoy this summer.  There were several sponsors including Phil Walczynski from High Point Ventures (the event organizer), GA Wright Marketing, Down River Equipment, Keen Footwear, Confluence Kayaks, Golden Bike Shop, Waste Management, Outward Bound, American Whitewater, New Belgium Brewing, E Street Communications, Geo Tours Rafting Summit Sportswear, All American Rafting, Barnes Bros. Creative, Renaissance Adventure Guides, Clif Bar, Raft Fix, Paddling Life, Leave No Trace and The North Face in Cherry Creek.  There are already plans for next year’s event; check www.southplattecleanup.com for updates between now and April 2010.  The total gallons of debris collected was 45,000.