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Community work party in Bellingham sees encouraging turnout

1 year ago in Community Events, Lifestyle, Local

Courtesy of Bellingham Parks and Recreation Photo: Saga Communications

Editor’s Note: Updated at 11:10 a.m. on 1/30/25 to include new information from Parks and Rec.

BELLINGHAM, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – A local neighborhood received an impressive turnout for a community clean-up over the weekend.

Bellingham Parks and Recreation says 82 volunteers showed up to its work party at Rock Hill Park on Saturday, the most of any clean-up at the park. The volunteers helped remove 10 cubic yards of invasive species and planted 45 native trees and shrubs. They also cleared out 2 cubic yards of trash from the park in York Neighborhood.

Parks and Rec tells MBN that its all-time record for volunteer turnout was 504 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January 2020.

The city’s next community work party takes place from 9 a.m. to noon this Saturday, Feb. 1, at Forest and Cedar Park near WWU.

All ages are welcome, and tools, gloves and instructions are all provided.

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