Volunteers needed for upcoming TBEP workdays

The Tampa Bay Estuary Program is seeking volunteers for three workdays in April and May as part of its ongoing "Give A Day For The Bay" program.
The workday schedule is as follows:
Saturday, April 26 from 8:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. Taylor Park in Largo.
For this workday, we need 30-35 volunteers to help plant native wetland plants in and around the lake in the park. This will be wet, muddy and potentially hot work. Bring trowels or small shovels, please. Kids 14 and older are welcome, but must be accompanied by a parent.
Co-sponsored by the Pinellas County Parks & Recreation Department
Saturday, May 10 from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.Ruskin Commongood ParkSoutheast Hillsborough County.
We need 35 volunteers to plant about 2,000 mangroves, leather ferns, needlerush, and other marsh plants along a large drainage ditch that is part of a county-owned environmental lands parcel a few blocks from US 41 South in Ruskin. Kids 14 and older are welcome, but must be accompanied by a parent. Volunteers need to bring small spades, shovels or trowels and expect to get muddy.
Co-sponsored by the Hillsborough County Invasive Species Task Force.
Saturday, May 31 from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.War Veterans Memorial Park in St. Petersburg
We need 25-30 volunteers to plant coastal plants such as red cedars, sweet acacia, sea grapes and saw palmettos along the shoreline. These are larger plants that will take some "muscle power" to get in the ground. Kids 12 and older are welcome, but must be accompanied by a parent.
Co-sponsored by the Pinellas County Parks & Recreation Department
All Give A Day For The Bay volunteers will receive a free lunch and t-shirt for helping to restore a part of the Tampa Bay watershed. Volunteers are also asked to bring gloves, closed-toed shoes, water bottles, sunscreen and bug spray.
Pre-registration is required. To sign up for any of the workdays, e-mail nanette@tbep.org or call Nanette at (727) 893-2765.