**BEFORE ADDING YOURSELF ON APOONLINE, SIGN-UP HERE: https://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp981833.jsp** While the exact tasks at hand vary, our projects focus on improving the forests and parks in our local cities. Healthy and thriving forests are vital to our community because they absorb and naturally filter rain water, absorb toxins in the air, produce clean oxygen, provide living spaces for wildlife, and they create a place for people to connect with the outdoors. In order to help create healthy forests, we focus on removing aggressive weeds (like English Ivy or Himalayan Blackberry), maintaining areas where these weeds have been removed, and planting trees and shrubs during the rainy season. FOR YOUR SAFETY AND COMFORT, PLEASE BRING: - Clothing that can get dirty (because it will!) - Long pants and a long sleeve shirt (helps protect against prickly plants) - Sturdy shoes that can handle some mud (closed toed shoes are required: work boots, hiking boots, or running shoes are all fine) - Sack lunch and snacks - Full water bottle THIS VIDEO MIGHT GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT TO EXPECT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x68cNeaXkTk