Sustainability Now! | Sarah Flarsheim-Tyler | Volunteering with Louisville Metro Parks | 12-27-21

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, wraps up 2021 and gets you ready to volunteer in the New Year with Sarah Flarsheim-Tyler, Volunteer Program Coordinator on the Community Engagement Team for Louisville Metro Parks & Recreation. You can get in touch with her, learn about all the volunteer opportunities and sign-up to help out in 2022 at http://bestparksever.com, or you can call 502-574-PARK during business hours.

In this conversation, we discuss new developments and accomplishments throughout 2021, including the new collaboration with Metro Community Forestry for volunteer tree plantings in our urban core. Tune in to learn about other volunteer opportunities, including:
• Community Growers - a volunteer gardening team that helps manage community center educational gardens
• Park Ambassadors - volunteer who help lead projects and do community outreach at public events
• Adopt A Park Program - a fun way for groups to get more involved by volunteering seasonally in a specific park
• Recreational Volunteers - to help coach and referee youth sports programs (e.g. Youth Basketball starts January 10th)
• Volunteers to help serve Dare to Care Kids Cafe at community centers
• And mark your calendars to help out with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Tree Planting downtown on Monday, January 17, 2022!

And remember, the Division of Community Forestry can give your neighborhood association up to 50 free trees to plant along the right-of-way. The trees need to be planted by April 2022. Please contact the Division of Community Forestry to get started by emailing [email protected].

As always, our feature is followed by your community action calendar for the week, so get your calendars out and get ready to take action for sustainability NOW!

Sustainability Now! airs on Forward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Monday at 6pm and repeats Tuesdays at 12am and 10am. Find us at http://forwardradio.org

The music in this podcast is courtesy of the local band Appalatin and is used by permission. Explore their delightful music at http://appalatin.com