On Saturday, November 25th, 2023, volunteers from the Oakland Gardens Branch rake the leaves in Alley Pond Park, Springfield Blvd from 9 am to 12 pm. Volunteers from the Manhasset Branch also joined us in this event, as they wish to join us in bettering the community. We had nice weather today, albeit it is on the colder side of all the temperatures that we had so far.
During these 3 hours, our purpose for raking these leaves is to prevent people from slipping, as they can cause a slipping hazard. What’s more is that they’re not able to help with the growth of trees as it is nearing winter, thus causing the leaves to just pile up. Our groups worked together, trying out best to rake the leaves. We are hand raking all these leaves, despite the park having machines that normally would take care of this, because the machines have difficulty cleaning areas such as the playground and small areas.
There was an estimate made by Chris Burton, a park worker, that we raked a total of around 240 bags of leaves, weighing around 2,000 pounds. The bags of leaves will be transported to a transfer station at Cunningham Park, where it will then be used for compost and/or mulch. We had the most volunteers today, who all helped make this possible. Without working together, we would not have been able to achieve the numbers that are shown above. Everyone worked together and bonded, striking up conversations and making new friends.
Special thanks to Chris Burton for providing us with the materials and to the Manhasset Branch for joining us today!
Our Volunteers:
Jia Qi Liu (Angela): 3 hours
Jessica Lin: 3 hours
Vicki Lin: 3 hours
Anthony Lin: 3 hours
Hong Hao Liu (Alfred): 3 hours
Sophia Shi Han You: 3 hours
Stephanie Shi Ran You: 3 hours
Runyi Liu: 3 hours
Huaiqian Liu: 3 hours
Thomas Liang: 3 hours
William Liang: 3 hours
Hannah Liu: 3 hours
Jiayuan He (Mike): 3 hours
Vincent Yang: 3 hours
Stanley Yang: 3 hours
Erica Li: 3 hours
Zi Hao Wang: 3 hours
Zhengyilan Fang: 3 hours
Aiden Lin: 3 hours
Ioklee Lin: 3 hours
Iokseng Lin: 3 hours
Ioknor Lin: 3 hours
Iokting Lin: 3 hours
Brandon Lin: 3 hours
Austin Yuel: 3 hours
Erica Wu: 3 hours
Elvin Huang: 3 hours
Ryan Wu: 3 hours
Jiaheng Yu: 2 hours
Calvin Choi: 2 hours
Jamie Chen: 3 hours
Report by Jia Qi Liu (Angela)
