Park Pitch In Events
Join us on select weekends throughout the season to celebrate the park and our environment! Volunteers will tackle a range of projects from tree care to removing invasive plants and weeds, picking up trash and much more!
Interested in registering as a group? Stay tuned for group registration details coming soon!
Park Pitch In: 9/11 National Service Weekend
Saturday, September 9, 11 am – 2 pm
Long Meadow North, Free, Registration Required
9/11 National Service Weekend, held every September, is devoted to remembrance through charitable service. Join Prospect Park Alliance as we support this effort in a volunteer cleanup day. Volunteers will help remove invasive and unwanted wild plants from the 9/11 Grove on the North end of the Long Meadow.
Appropriate for groups, teens and adults.
Park Pitch In: International Coastal Clean Up
Saturday, September 16, 11 am – 2 pm
Park Circle Entrance, Free, Registration Required
Held every September, International Coastal Cleanup engages the community to clean up our beaches and waterways while identifying and documenting the types of debris found. Join Prospect Park Alliance in this year’s effort by helping to clean the Prospect Park lakeshore. All litter that is removed will be recorded and included in the international totals. Join the worldwide event!
Appropriate for groups, youth, teens and adults.
Park Pitch In: National Public Lands Day
Sunday, September 24, 11 am – 2 pm
Picnic House, Free, Registration Required
Established in 1994 and held annually on the fourth weekend in September, National Public Lands Day is traditionally the nation’s largest single-day volunteer effort. It celebrates the connection between people and green space in their community, inspires environmental stewardship, and encourages use of open space for education, recreation, and health benefits. Join Prospect Park Alliance as we support Brooklyn’s Backyard in a day of stewardship along the southern section of the Lake! Tasks may include path edging, weeding, tree bed care, and more!
Appropriate for groups, teens and adults.
Park Pitch In: Lefferts Historic House Yard Renewal
Sunday, October 1, 11 am – 2 pm
Lefferts Historic House, Free, Registration Required
Help Prospect Park Alliance support the newly restored Lefferts Historic House by assisting in yard and garden work. Volunteers will remove invasive and unwanted wild plants and add wood chips to pathways.
Appropriate for groups, teens and adults.
Park Pitch In: City of Forest Day
Saturday, October 14, 11 am – 2 pm
Empire + Flatbush Avenue Entrance, Free, Registration Required
Join Prospect Park Alliance for a Park Pitch In volunteer event on City of Forest Day, a citywide effort to raise awareness and celebrate New York City’s urban forest. Prospect Park Alliance volunteers will plant over 100 native trees to restore Prospect Park’s beloved landscape, which has seen the loss of a significant number of ash trees since 2017 due to Emerald Ash Borer, a deadly wood-boring beetle. Tree planting and other greening opportunities will be focused on the park entrance on Flatbush Avenue near Empire Boulevard, adjacent to the park’s Children’s Corner, and the surrounding park perimeter.
Appropriate for groups, teens and adults.
Park Pitch In: World Sustainability Day
Sunday, October 22, 11 am – 2 pm
Peristyle, Free, Registration Required
Join Prospect Park Alliance as we sustain and maintain Prospect Park for future generations. Volunteers are invited to help us care for tree beds and groves within Prospect Park. Volunteers will help cultivate soil, lay down mulch, and remove litter from the tree beds along the park perimeter.
Appropriate for groups, teens and adults.
