MEMORIAL PARK CONSERVANCY

What Is It?: A nonprofit organization that works to preserve, protect, and enhance Memorial Park for the enjoyment of all Houstonians, today and tomorrow.

Help Needed: Projects range from working outside beautifying landscaped areas, picking up trash, rehabilitating natural surface trails, working on park conservation efforts, and supporting fundraising events.

Minimum Age to Volunteer: Volunteers aged 12-15 are welcome with a chaperone 21 years of age or older. There must be at least one adult per ten youth. Volunteers 16 years old and up may be allowed to volunteer without a chaperone at Conservancy events; email [email protected]memorialparkconservancy.org for details.

Help Needed

HELP MAINTAIN THE PARK

Help beautify landscaped areas, pick up trash, assist with plantings, remove invasive species, clean and repair benches, rehabilitate natural surface trails, and do other general park maintenance.

Memorial Park Conservancy’s biggest volunteer event of the year is in January. Hundreds of volunteers are needed to help plant trees in support of conservation efforts in the park. This is a perfect opportunity for high school clubs, teams, and individuals to gain service hours and learn about park maintenance. Updates are posted on memorialparkconservancy.org.

HELP WITH ANNUAL FUNDRAISERS LIKE THE BRUNCH RUN (APRIL)

The Annual Brunch Run is a 4-mile Run/Walk and Kid’s 1K, and a Post-Race Party. This year’s date is Saturday, April 1, 2017. Volunteers opportunities include helping with packet pick-up on the days leading up to the race and on race day, registering runners, helping with water stations, and helping with set-up and post-race take-down.

Other fundraising events include the Golf Tournament and the Gala.

Time Commitment:

Varies, but a minimum of 2-4 hours at a time. The Conservancy is open on weekdays 8 AM to 5 PM. Most volunteer projects are scheduled for 8am-12pm Monday-Friday. Saturday mornings are available on a very limited basis and must be booked at least 30 days in advance and be for groups of 20 or more. No projects are available during July or August.

Suitable for Groups of Volunteers?

Yes

Training Needed:

Volunteers should have a good work ethic, be friendly, take direction well, enjoy being outside, and not mind getting dirty!

Contact:

Please visit the Conservancy’s volunteer page, email [email protected], or call (713) 863-8403 x. 3.

Website:

http://www.memorialparkconservancy.org/

Available For Scout Eagle or Gold Award Project?

yes

Examples of past Scout projects

Planted and mulched 100 native Texas trees, and cleaned up and refurbished the volleyball courts and public kiosk.

Location:

7575 N. Picnic Lane, Houston, TX 77007

Tree planting, 2016.
Tree planting, 2016.
8th grade girls from YES Prep Northside, 2015.
Some of the trash collected near the North Side ballfields by the 8th grade girls of YES Prep Northside, 2015.
Boy Scout Troop 828, 2015.
Brunch Run, April 2016.
Brunch Run, April 2016.
5th grade volunteers, St. Theresa Catholic School, 2015.
Volunteers from Deloitte, 2016.
Scout Troop 354 Eagle project, 2013.
Tree planting, 2016.
Brunch Run, 2016.
Tree planting, 2016.
Microsoft volunteers, 2014.
Office volunteers
Brunch Run packet pickup.
Volunteers who cleaned the rugby pitch and surrounding areas, 2015.
St. John's School middle school students who cleaned the sand volleyball courts, 2015.
University of Houston Finance Association volunteers, 2013.
Westlake Chemical employees volunteering with their families.
YES Prep students helping clean up the Picnic Loop, 2016.
Volunteers handing out water at the 2016 Brunch Run.
YES Prep Fifth Ward Titans, 2015.
YES Prep North Forest Seniors, 2014.
Kids 1K, Brunch Run, April 2016.
Student volunteers from YES Prep Northside, 2015.