Park Serve Day In MA Offer Chance To Beautify State Parks

WORCESTER, MA — Get ready for a weekend of volunteer activities revolving around Earth Day focusing on state parks across Massachusetts.

Park Serve Day events will be happening locally and across the state this weekend, the latest installment in a park stewardship tradition that the Department of Conservation and Recreation started in 2006.

"Park Serve day is your opportunity to help tend to your favorite state park by getting involved in a clean-up, painting, or other restorative project for one day. Parks across the Commonwealth decide on projects and invite volunteers for a day of work and fun," DCR said.

Here are the service opportunities in the area this weekend:

Saturday

• Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park — 287 Oak Street Uxbridge, 9 a.m. to Noon
• Douglas State Forest — 107 Wallum Lake Road, Douglas, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Purgatory Chasm State Reservation — 198 Purgatory Road, Sutton, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Sudbury Reservoir — 9 Acre Bridge Road Southborough, 10 a.m. to noon
• Wachusett Mountain State Reservation — 345 Mountain Road, Princeton, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Whitehall State Park — 300 Wood Street, Hopkinton, 9 a.m. to noon

Sunday

• Erving State Forest — 122 Laurel Lake Road, Erving, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park — 5 Paul Clancy Way, Worcester, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Upton State Forest — 205 Westboro Road, Upton, 9 a.m. to noon

Find other Park Serve Day opportunities across Massachusetts on the DCR website.