MacDonald Park Needs Volunteers For Midsummer Cleanup

FOREST HILLS, QUEENS — A grassroots organization in Forest Hills is helming a daylong volunteer event in MacDonald Park on Aug. 19.

Midsummer Volunteer Day, held 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., is an opportunity for Forest Hills residents and others to assist with midsummer maintenance of MacDonald Park, which is bounded by 70th Road as well as Queens and Yellowstone Boulevards.

At the forefront of the fundraiser is Friends of MacDonald Park, whose volunteers engage in projects to help maintain and improve MacDonald Park, per the organization’s Facebook page.

Volunteers will clean, weed, trim and shape shrubs, care for trees and help maintain the water park grounds. Gloves, tools and refreshments will be provided, organizers say. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

Service credit will be awarded to students, and the event takes place rain or shine.

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