Volunteer Event: Magnuson Park: GLOBAL YOUTH SERVICE DAY!

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Event Description

Join EarthCorps, the Green Seattle Partnership, Seattle Service for Peace, City Year, YMCA Earth Service Corps, Youth Volunteer Corps and many others as we celebrate GLOBAL YOUTH SERVICE DAY at one of Seattle’s’ greatest urban parks!

Warren G. Magnuson Park is located near a mile-long stretch of Lake Washington’s shoreline in northeastern Seattle. At 350 acres, it is Seattle’s second largest park. This former Navy facility is rapidly becoming home to a unique combination of features and activities for you to enjoy: recreation and leisure—boating, swimming, walks, kite flying, to name a few; sports fields; natural areas; and a community campus. The Park offers you ample opportunity to explore a range of natural areas. There are grasslands, wooded hillsides, wetlands and shoreline within the park's boundaries. Community volunteers have actively been restoring habitat areas in the park for many years.

Participants should expect to learn a brief history of the Park and an overview of urban forests and ecosystems in the Puget Sound area. EarthCorps staff will discuss forest structure, native vs. non-native plant species, and environmental restoration techniques.

There will be a Global Youth Service Day CELEBRATION following the service event. The celebration is hosted by the Global Youth Service Day Youth Council and the Seattle Youth Service Committee. Food & entertainment will be provided for all volunteers who participated in today's events. We hope to see you there.

Directions

EarthCorps encourages volunteers to carpool or utilize public transportation to our events.

Address/Park Entrance:
Warren G. Magnuson Park
NE 65th Street Entrance
Sand Point Way NE & NE 65th Street
Seattle, WA, 98115

There will be several Global Youth Service Day projects in Magnuson Park today. Look for EarthCorps signs and staff to direct you to the parking & registration area. Please use the NE 65th Street park entrance.

From I-5 (going north): Take the 65th street/Ravenna Exit. After the stop sign, go straight until you reach a stoplight. Take a right onto NE 65th Street. Follow NE 65th Street for several miles until Sand Point Way NE. Continue past Sand Point Way NE through the NE 65th Street entrance of Magnuson Park. Follow the EarthCorps event signs to the parking/registration area.

From I-5 (going south): Take the 45th Street Exit. Turn left. Follow this road east until it turns into Sand Point Way NE (approx 1.6mi). Stay on Sand Point Way NE another 2.1 miles until you reach the NE 65 Street entrance for Magnuson Park on your right. Turn right and follow the EarthCorps event signs to the parking/registration area.

For more information, contact:

Chris LaPointe, Volunteer Program Manager
(206) 322-9296, ext. 217
chrisearthcorps.org

Day-of-event contact:

Chris LaPointe
(206) 793-8030