Trails network members:
Just making you aware of a cool, last minute volunteer effort we're
doing tomorrow on Barton Creek Greenbelt!
-- Charlie
Media Alert:
Headline: Dirty Hands Caravan brings hundreds of volunteers to improve
Barton Creek Greenbelt.
Contact: Charlie McCabe, Austin Parks Foundation, cmcc...@austinparks.org
, office: 512.477.1566, mobile: 512.965.1960
When: Thu, May 1, from 10 am to 2:30 pm
Where: Starting at Zilker Hillside Theater at 10 am, the group will
divide into up to five teams and proceed to several Barton Creek
Greenbelt trailheads to help with trail work, rock work and invasive
species removal. Sites include: Gus Fruh Access, Homedale Access,
Loop 360 Access and Gaines Ranch/Twin Falls Access points.
Details: Volunteers will work with crew leaders from the Austin Parks
and Recreation Department, American Youthworks Environmental Corps,
Austin Parks Foundation, Greenbelt Guardians, TreeFolks and Keep
Austin Beautiful. Volunteers will be at the work sites along Barton
Springs Greenbelt from 11 am to 2 pm.
Thanks to: Dirty Hands Caravan, Dosomething.org, Austin Parks &
Recreation, American Youthworks Environmental Corps, Austin Parks
Foundation, the Greenbelt Guardians, TreeFolks and Keep Austin
Beautiful for pulling together this effort in just a few short days.
About the Dirty Hands Caravan: The morning after the Coachella Valley
Music & Arts Festival in Indio, CA, a string of bio-diesel buses
transporting up to 300 people began a caravan 1800 miles in an effort
designed to engage a new generation of activists. The Dirty Hands
Caravan is the coming together of individuals who will be encouraged
to get involved in a variety of tasks including cleaning up parks
across America, taking part in clean water initiatives for foreign
lands or engaging in whatever way they feel compelled to help others.
The caravan, which is the brainchild of Sean Penn, will make stops in
numerous cities until it arrives at its final destination, New
Orleans, where the spirit of Coachella will join the close of the New
Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. On Sunday, May 4th, members of The
Dirty Hands Caravan will descend on New Orleans to help better the Big
Easy through their good works. Updates on their progress: http://www.dosomething.org/dirty_hands_caravan_update
Charlie McCabe
Executive Director
Austin Parks Foundation
701 Brazos, Ste 170
Austin TX 78701
512.477.1566
cmcc...@austinparks.org
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