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Park volunteers are #1!

Volunteers serve their community through many roles:

Litter pick-up
Park Patrol
Park Partnership
Fire hydrant painting
Donating supplies, money, and talent
Deadheading roses
Organizing fundraisers
Wetlands support

--and more!

July Partner of the Month

Parks Operations has had the pleasure and privilege this summer of partnering with six young adults and their job coaches from Garten Services, Inc. This group spent five days a week for six weeks this summer learning job skills while working in Salem Parks. They scraped and painted hundreds of picnic tables throughout our park system.

Thank you to the group from Garten Services, Inc. Parks Operations is proud to call you our July Partner of the Month! Our community is a friendlier and more beautiful place to live because of your commitment!

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Fire Hydrant Painters

Fire hydrants are painted to make them more visible in the event of an emergency situation, making this a very valuable project to undertake. It is also a great group project! All equipment to scrape, clean, and paint the fire hydrants is provided by Parks Operations Division.

Fire hydrant BEFORE painting	Fire hydrant AFTER painting

A special thank you to our wonderful volunteers who make the fire hydrants so visible! Fire hydrants painted to date in 2007: 690

Year	Hydrants Painted
2008	495 (as of the end of July)
2007	690
2006	542
2005	559
2204	821
2003	696

Individuals or groups interested in painting fire hydrants should contact Tibby Larson at SalemParks@cityofsalem.net or call 503-589-2197. Many of the fire hydrants painted in 1997 are in need of painting once again. All paint and supplies for the project are provided. Volunteers can choose to paint one hydrant or a whole neighborhood. Call Tibby today to get started!

Individuals or groups interested in volunteering, please contact Tibby Larson at 503-588-6336.

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Our Park Stars Shine!

Volunteer Emily coordinated a project at the wetlands at Geer Park.	Wayne, Melvin, Benton, Ervin, and Richard volunteered over 150 hours to restore the historic Jason Lee sign.
Friends of Bush Gardens keeps the area around Bush Park looking fabulous!	Friends of Deepwood has kept the gardens around Deepwood historically accurate and lovely.
Creekside Rotary Club generously donated $1,000 and 2 days of service to install new restroom fencing at Minto-Brown Island Park.	Pipi receiving award on behalf of Homestreet Bank for their generous donation of $2,000 for play equipment at Sunnyslope Park.
Sofia, the Queen of Bush Park, has raked and cleaned over 1,000 tree circles at Bush Park!	Howard Street Charter School students received an award for their consistent work at Bush's Pasture Park.