The DCR hosted over 4,797 volunteers in 53 park sites across the Commonwealth for Park Serve Day 2012. By day’s end, those volunteers had planted 1,742 flowers, 187+ trees (the majority in communities affected by the Tornado of 2011), and 167 shrubs, and had collected more than over 19.5 tons of trash.

During the first five years of Park Serve Day, a total of more than 12,000 volunteers participated in dozens of parks across the Commonwealth. Among the valuable work they have done has been ridding the parks of more than 152 tons of trash.  -Press Release-

Governor Deval Patrick

Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray

Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Richard K. Sullivan

Department of Conservation and Recreation Commissioner Edward Lambert

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