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SWTrails Monthly Work Party Thursday, December 5: Marshall Park Annual Sweeping of the Trails
SW Trails monthly Thursday Work Party for December 5th will be at Marshall Park from 9am until Noon. We are going to do our annual sweeping of the leaves off the soft surface trails, maybe cut back a little brush also, all in preparation for the trails wintering over and still remaining in use.
Parks has a request of our SW Trails volunteer group: let them know ahead of time if you can attend so they can better prepare for the group size. They have set up a project page on SOLV. If you plan to attend please use the page below, or just reply to me via email, daville50@outlook.com and I will add you to our SW Trails group.
SOLV Sign-up:
https://www.solveoregon.org/
We will meet at the playground on SW 12th at the main entrance to Marshall Park.
Here is a map link –> https://goo.gl/maps/
Please consider joining us out on the trail in 2019 (and beyond) as these work parties are designed to support a wide range of capabilities. We welcome all and all abilities. So give some thought to joining us or just stop by and say hi.
As always our work is guided by the Portland Parks Lands Stewardship folks, and Parks will bring all the tools, gloves, and materials we need, also coffee, snacks, water, and usually some fruit. On these work parties it is not necessary to stay for the whole event and you can work at whatever level your skill and energy allows. It is just great to meet the neighbors and get a little trail work in.
When you join us please wear work clothing, closed toe shoes and weather appropriate layers. It is the NW–who knows what weather we will get, but layers are always good.
Please note also that there is no work party in Jan 2020 it is just usually a bit icy, so we will pick it up again in Feb 2020.
Here are some additional thoughts as we close out 2019 with this work party.
From my records SW Trails worked on 10 3hr work parties in several parks: Maricara, Dickinson, Gabriel, Albert Kelly, Marshall, Foley Balmer and Council Crest. We built or repaired several hundred feet of trail and brushed out several hundred feet of trail always with the goal of making the walking easier and creating a year round tread surface. So as you head into that time of year where you may be considering a donation to one of your favorite organizations SW Trails would appreciate your consideration. You can donate to SW Trails via our web page by mail and online via PayPal. Thank You.
or visit our SW Trails.org join page 
Dave Manville