Event:	Emerald Necklace Conservancy - Earth Day Charles River Cleanup (CANCELLED)
Location:	Emerald Necklace: Charlesgate Park - The Circles See link below, Back Bay, Boston, MA 02215
Date:	May 14th 2022, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Staff:	Manager: John S
RSVP:	This volunteer event has been cancelled. The non-profit event might be still happening.

Event Description:

The Muddy River Cleanup is a part of the Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup; this event takes place throughout the Charles River Watershed and builds on a national effort as part of American Rivers’ National River Cleanup® which, to date, has removed over 25 million pounds of trash from America’s waterways. From 2016 to 2019, the Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup was recognized by American Rivers for the Most Pounds of Trash Collected and Most Volunteers Mobilized. To learn more, please visit bit.ly/MRC-info-2022”

What we'll be doing:

Tasks can range from trash cleanups to invasive plant species removal to plantings.

What you should know:

Please contact your event manager closer to the event to get the exact location. The location will be throughout the Emerald Necklace (from Charlesgate to Franklin Park).  The wesbite will be updated with location information closer to the date of the event.

Wheelchair Accessibility: While the Conservancy strives to make its programming accessible to all, our volunteer maintenance events, such as Second Saturdays, do require participants to perform various types of manual labor, such as raking, pulling weeds or invasive plants, or lifting bags of trash or leaf litter. Since we work throughout the Emerald Necklace parks, the terrain we work on varies greatly and will not always be accessible to persons using wheelchairs or other mobility aids. Should you have a specific accessibility concern or request, please contact volunteer@emeraldnecklace.org, and we'll be happy to provide more site-specific information and accommodate your needs where possible

Where to Meet:

TBD

If you are going to be late please Text or call the Event Manager

Emerald Necklace Conservancy:

The Emerald Necklace Conservancy was created to protect, restore, maintain and promote the landscape, waterways and parkways of the Emerald Necklace park system as special places for people to visit and enjoy. The Conservancy's programs and funding support and complement initiatives by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, City of Boston and Town of Brookline who began the Necklace's restoration in the 1980s. Our programs focus on: parks restoration and maintenance public education including presentations, exhibits and publications constituency-building and park advocacy volunteer and other activities which promote parks stewardship improvement of public access to and through the park system, among other activities. A public-private partnership, the Conservancy was formed in 1996 and incorporated in 1998 as a non-profit organization. Our organization brings together government, business, residential and institutional representatives, community leaders and organizations, and environmental and park advocates in support of the Olmsted legacy. President Julie Crockford and the staff work closely with the Board of Directors, the Park Overseers (representing all of the parks and friends groups within the Emerald Necklace), the Stewardship Council, and hundreds of volunteers to accomplish our mission. Join us in the continued renewal of an historic landscape, and an environmental and cultural treasure that is: a place to join together in celebration a backyard for our children a special wildlife habitat a boost to our area's economy a source of serenity and renewal