More than 4,000 Volunteers Help WPC Beautify Western Pennsylvania
They come by the thousands, about 4,000 to be exact, from all walks of life and ethic backgrounds. They range in age from 8 to 80 years old. And during the month of May, rain or shine — even during pounding rainstorms — somewhere in western Pennsylvania a group of dedicated Western Pennsylvania Conservancy volunteers is planting a community garden. Some of our Community Conservation garden volunteers have been with us for more than 10 years; others are community garden novices. Each of them is helping visually enhance their community and ensuring that a strong volunteer conservation ethic is transferred from generation to generation.
This Spring, in more than 140 neighborhoods in 19 counties, volunteers planted and mulched more then 350,000 flowers in Western Pennsylvania Conservancy-sponsored community gardens. In major urban and suburban communities, in small neighborhoods, in business districts and schools as well as along highways, volunteers who believe in the power of community beautification and the value of attractive community greenspace spent hours tucking in tender baby plants that now are spectacular, vibrant welcome mats to their communities.
We salute all of our volunteers for their commitment, their volunteer ethic, their community spirit and their perseverance. We all live in a better place because of their dedication to advancing the conservation of community greenspace. This issue of CONSERVE provides a pictorial tribute to our volunteers. For a full virtual tour of all of our community gardens, visit our website at www.paconserve.org/gardens.
If you would like to volunteer to help plant in the Spring or pull out in the Fall,
call 412-586-2324 or email us.
