Needs From: Western Washington University

 

Connelly Creek, which runs through this neighborhood park and flows into Padden Creek, needs our help! We’ll remove harmful invasive vegetation and plant native trees and shrubs to improve riparian habitat.

All ages and abilities welcome. Participants under age 16 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Tools, gloves, and instructions are provided. Please dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes.

Parking is a short 9-minute walk down the street from Happy Valley Park at the South Bellingham Park and Ride (West). Follow our work party signs and walk to Happy Valley Park at 2710 Donovan Ave.

Additional information will be emailed to registered participants. Register early, space is limited! If you sign up, please show up!

This event is Parkscriptions Certified!

Important Registration Steps:

After you have completed the required waiver (adult or youth), please be sure to then click "Sign Up" to complete your registration for the event! Completing the waiver does not automatically sign you up.

If you are bringing any additional volunteers or family members, please sign up as a team or have them join the site, sign the waiver, and then sign up individually. Here are some guides:

Responding as a Team | Get Connected Help Center

Signing Waivers | Get Connected Help Center

If you are bringing any youth under age 18 and have issues with the waiver or don’t want to create a separate account for them, you can also sign a paper youth waiver at check-in on the day of the work party. Just be sure to reserve spots on your team for them.Thank you for your patience as we sort out our volunteer registration system!

Questions? Contact pkvolunteers@cob.org or 360-778-7105.

Help us enhance trailside habitat in the stunning Samish Crest Open Space—join us in making this special place thrive.

All ages and abilities welcome. Participants under age 16 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Tools, gloves, and instructions are provided. Please dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes.

Additional information will be emailed to registered participants. Register early, space is limited! If you sign up, please show up!

This event is Parkscriptions Certified!

Important Registration Steps:

After you have completed the required waiver (adult or youth), please be sure to then click "Sign Up" to complete your registration for the event! Completing the waiver does not automatically sign you up. If you are bringing any additional volunteers or family members, please sign up as a team or have them join the site, sign the waiver, and then sign up individually. Here are some guides: Responding as a Team | Get Connected Help CenterSigning Waivers | Get Connected Help Center If you are bringing any youth under age 18 and have issues with the waiver or don’t want to create a separate account for them, you can also sign a paper youth waiver at check-in on the day of the work party. Just be sure to reserve spots on your team for them. Thank you for your patience with our volunteer registration system!

Questions? Contact pkvolunteers@cob.org or 360-778-7105.

We will team up with L.E.A.D. and other Western Washington University student volunteers to combat pesky invasive plants and plant some new native shrubs and trees in this wonderful park!

All ages and abilities welcome. Participants under age 16 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Tools, gloves, and instructions are provided. Please dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes.

Additional information will be emailed to registered participants. Register early, space is limited! If you sign up, please show up!

This event is Parkscriptions Certified!

 

Important Parking Information:

Please plan to park in WWU's 7G Parking Lot if you will be joining us at this work party! You do not need to pay for parking if you are parking in parking lot 7G. We have reserved this entire parking lot for our volunteers.  :)

Google Maps pin for directions to WWU's 7G Parking Lot: https://maps.app.goo.gl/78qophiWgPSxMYZi8

 

Important Registration Steps:

After you have completed the required waiver (adult or youth), please be sure to then click "Sign Up" to complete your registration for the event! Completing the waiver does not automatically sign you up. If you are bringing any additional volunteers or family members, please sign up as a team or have them join the site, sign the waiver, and then sign up individually. Here are some guides: Responding as a Team | Get Connected Help Center Signing Waivers | Get Connected Help Center If you are bringing any youth under age 18 and have issues with the waiver or don’t want to create a separate account for them, you can also sign a paper youth waiver at check-in on the day of the work party. Just be sure to reserve spots on your team for them. Thank you for your patience with our volunteer registration system!

Do you have questions or need accessibility accommodations? Contact pkvolunteers@cob.org or 360-778-7105.

Help us steward this darling green space near Western Washington University. We’ll get rid of invasive plants, add some native shrubs, and work to keep this park healthy and beautiful.

All ages and abilities welcome. Participants under age 16 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Tools, gloves, and instructions are provided. Please dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes. 

Additional information will be emailed to registered participants. Register early, space is limited! If you sign up, please show up!

This event is Parkscriptions Certified!

Parking Instructions:

Please park at the south end of the west "C" parking lot on WWU's campus. Please see this map for more info on where the "C" lots are located. Look for our work party parking signs.

After you have parked, please follow our work party signs for a short 1/2 mile walk up to our work party check-in tent. See this Google Maps walking route for directions.

Important Registration Steps:

After you have completed the required waiver (adult or youth), please be sure to then click "Sign Up" to complete your registration for the event! Completing the waiver does not automatically sign you up.

If you are bringing any additional volunteers or family members, please sign up as a team or have them join the site, sign the waiver, and then sign up individually. Here are some guides:

Responding as a Team | Get Connected Help Center

Signing Waivers | Get Connected Help Center

If you are bringing any youth under age 18 and have issues with the waiver or don’t want to create a separate account for them, you can also sign a paper youth waiver at check-in on the day of the work party. Just be sure to reserve spots on your team for them.

Thank you for your patience with our volunteer registration system!

Questions? Contact pkvolunteers@cob.org or 360-778-7105.

Support our urban creek and trail stewardship efforts by planting, weeding, and mulching near the Mayflower Bridge, Whatcom Creek, and WeGrow Garden!

All ages and abilities welcome. Participants under age 16 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Tools, gloves, and instructions are provided. Please dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes. 

Additional information will be emailed to registered participants. Register early, space is limited! If you sign up, please show up!

This event is Parkscriptions Certified!

Important Registration Steps:

After you have completed the required waiver (adult or youth), please be sure to then click "Sign Up" to complete your registration for the event! Completing the waiver does not automatically sign you up.

If you are bringing any additional volunteers or family members, please sign up as a team or have them join the site, sign the waiver, and then sign up individually. Here are some guides:

Responding as a Team | Get Connected Help CenterSigning Waivers | Get Connected Help Center

If you are bringing any youth under age 18 and have issues with the waiver or don’t want to create a separate account for them, you can also sign a paper youth waiver at check-in on the day of the work party. Just be sure to reserve spots on your team for them.

Thank you for your patience with our volunteer registration system!

Questions? Contact pkvolunteers@cob.org or 360-778-7105.

Help us prepare our native plant nursery for another year of restoration projects! We will be potting thousands of bare root plants and tidying up our Parks Native Plant Nursery. 

Note: these work parties have multiple shifts! There are available shifts in both the morning and afternoon on Saturday, March 7th and Saturday, March 14th! You may choose morning (9 a.m. – 12 p.m.), afternoon (1–3 p.m.), or both for either day.

Nursery and parking location TBD based on ongoing construction at our Woburn Street Operations Center facility. We will update the finalized location of these work parties on this page as soon as we can. Please be sure to register so you can receive our pre-work party email with location and parking information! Follow our work party signs and walk to our native plant nursery.

All ages and abilities welcome. Participants under age 16 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Tools, gloves, and instructions are provided. Please note that bare-root potting is less physically active than our typical work parties, and we recommend warmer layers. As always, please dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes.

Additional information will be emailed to registered participants. Register early, space is limited! If you sign up, please show up!

This event is Parkscriptions Certified!

Important Registration Steps:

After you have completed the required waiver (adult or youth), please be sure to then click "Sign Up" to complete your registration for the event! Completing the waiver does not automatically sign you up. If you are bringing any additional volunteers or family members, please sign up as a team or have them join the site, sign the waiver, and then sign up individually. Here are some guides: Responding as a Team | Get Connected Help Center Signing Waivers | Get Connected Help Center If you are bringing any youth under age 18 and have issues with the waiver or don’t want to create a separate account for them, you can also sign a paper youth waiver at check-in on the day of the work party. Just be sure to reserve spots on your team for them. Thank you for your patience with our volunteer registration system!

Questions? Contact pkvolunteers@cob.org or 360-778-7105.

Join us for National Invasive Species Awareness Week as we restore wildlife habitat and protect wetlands in this serene forest on the south side of Bellingham alongside our friends from the Whatcom Land Trust!

All ages and abilities welcome. Participants under age 16 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Tools, gloves, and instructions are provided. Please dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes. 

Additional information will be emailed to registered participants. Register early, space is limited! If you sign up, please show up!

This event is Parkscriptions Certified!

Important Registration Steps:

After you have completed the required waiver (adult or youth), please be sure to then click "Sign Up" to complete your registration for the event! Completing the waiver does not automatically sign you up.

If you are bringing any additional volunteers or family members, please sign up as a team or have them join the site, sign the waiver, and then sign up individually. Here are some guides:

Responding as a Team | Get Connected Help Center

Signing Waivers | Get Connected Help Center

If you are bringing any youth under age 18 and have issues with the waiver or don’t want to create a separate account for them, you can also sign a paper youth waiver at check-in on the day of the work party. Just be sure to reserve spots on your team for them.

Thank you for your patience with our volunteer registration system!

Questions? Contact pkvolunteers@cob.org or 360-778-7105.

The forest understory in one of Bellingham's oldest parks needs some help. Work with us to protect and restore this critically important habitat by planting native trees and shrubs!

All ages and abilities welcome. Participants under age 16 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Tools, gloves, and instructions are provided. Please dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes. 

Additional information will be emailed to registered participants. Register early, space is limited! If you sign up, please show up!

This event is Parkscriptions Certified!

Important Registration Steps:

After you have completed the required waiver (adult or youth), please be sure to then click "Sign Up" to complete your registration for the event! Completing the waiver does not automatically sign you up.

If you are bringing any additional volunteers or family members, please sign up as a team or have them join the site, sign the waiver, and then sign up individually. Here are some guides:

Responding as a Team | Get Connected Help Center

Signing Waivers | Get Connected Help Center

If you are bringing any youth under age 18 and have issues with the waiver or don’t want to create a separate account for them, you can also sign a paper youth waiver at check-in on the day of the work party. Just be sure to reserve spots on your team for them.Thank you for your patience with our volunteer registration system!

Questions? Contact pkvolunteers@cob.org or 360-778-7105.

Join us and our friends from the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association as we remove invasive species, plant native trees, and help us spruce up one of Bellingham’s newest parks as we continue the legacy of Julianna Guy.

All ages and abilities welcome. Participants under age 16 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Tools, gloves, and instructions are provided. Please dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes. 

Additional information will be emailed to registered participants. Register early, space is limited! If you sign up, please show up!

This event is Parkscriptions Certified!

Important Registration Steps:

After you have completed the required waiver (adult or youth), please be sure to then click "Sign Up" to complete your registration for the event! Completing the waiver does not automatically sign you up. If you are bringing any additional volunteers or family members, please sign up as a team or have them join the site, sign the waiver, and then sign up individually. Here are some guides: Responding as a Team | Get Connected Help Center Signing Waivers | Get Connected Help Center If you are bringing any youth under age 18 and have issues with the waiver or don’t want to create a separate account for them, you can also sign a paper youth waiver at check-in on the day of the work party. Just be sure to reserve spots on your team for them. Thank you for your patience as we sort out our volunteer registration system!

Questions? Contact pkvolunteers@cob.org or 360-778-7105.

Help plant native trees and shrubs near Bellingham’s favorite new trailhead and recreation hub. We hope to be joined by volunteers and friends from the Whatcom Mountain Biking Coalition and the Whatcom Land Trust!

All ages and abilities welcome. Participants under age 16 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Tools, gloves, and instructions are provided. Please dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes. 

Additional information will be emailed to registered participants. Register early, space is limited! If you sign up, please show up!

This event is Parkscriptions Certified!

Important Registration Steps:

After you have completed the required waiver (adult or youth), please be sure to then click "Sign Up" to complete your registration for the event! Completing the waiver does not automatically sign you up.

If you are bringing any additional volunteers or family members, please sign up as a team or have them join the site, sign the waiver, and then sign up individually. Here are some guides:

Responding as a Team | Get Connected Help Center

Signing Waivers | Get Connected Help Center

If you are bringing any youth under age 18 and have issues with the waiver or don’t want to create a separate account for them, you can also sign a paper youth waiver at check-in on the day of the work party. Just be sure to reserve spots on your team for them.

Thank you for your patience with our volunteer registration system!

Questions? Contact pkvolunteers@cob.org or 360-778-7105.

Celebrate the collective power of community by joining the City of Bellingham and the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA) as well as other community partners for our annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service Community Work Party on Saturday, January 17th from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Willow Spring in Squalicum Creek Park. 

Together, we'll plant native trees and shrubs to restore fish and wildlife habitat and improve water quality to benefit salmon and other native species.

Through this work, we'll be advancing the environmental justice movement, which was inspired by Dr. King through his concern for the urban environment. Environmental justice embodies the principle that all people have the right to clean air, water, and soil, as well as the right to live in safe and healthy communities.

This event is partnering with Birchwood Food Desert Fighters (BFDF) to collect unopened donations for their efforts in promoting equitable food access to the community. BFDF supports our community through weekly events, food share boxes, food delivery, farming, advocacy, and more. Volunteers are encouraged to bring donations to this work party to support BFDF's work.

You need: Weather-appropriate clothing, long pants, closed-toe shoes, snacks, and a full water bottle.

We provide: Tools, gloves, instruction, and light refreshments, including free Tony’s coffee and free pizza, all of which were generously donated for this event. 

Volunteers should be aware that the work party site includes typical park uneven terrain. Volunteers assume all liability for conducting volunteer work within the project area.

Additional information will be emailed to registered participants the evening before the work party. Register early, space is limited. If you sign up, please show up! All ages, abilities, and experience levels are welcome.

This event is Parkscriptions Certified!

Important Registration Steps:

After you have completed the required waiver (adult or youth), please be sure to then click "Sign Up" to complete your registration for the event! Completing the waiver does not automatically sign you up.

If you are bringing any additional volunteers or family members, please sign up as a team or have them join the site, sign the waiver, and then sign up individually. Here are some guides:

Responding to a Need as a Team : Galaxy Digital

Guide to Connect Waivers: For Parents and Guardians of Minors : Galaxy Digital

If you are bringing any youth under age 18 and have issues with the waiver or don’t want to create a separate account for them, you can also sign a paper youth waiver at check-in on the day of the work party (or you can print one out and bring it with you). Just be sure to reserve spots on your team for them.

Here are some quick reminders about our youth liability release form:

Unaccompanied youth under age 18 must provide a City & NSEA Youth Liability Release Form signed and completed by their legal guardian. This liability release form can be completed online when registering or you can bring a signed paper copy to the event. If the youth was registered online, a paper form is not needed. Participants under age 16 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.

Directions:

This event takes place at Squalicum Creek Park located at 1001 Squalicum Way. Please follow work party signs and check-in at the blue tents.

Travel by bike or foot: The work party site is accessible by bike or foot. Find your bike route by visiting cob.org/bike and your walking route by viewing a trail map of Squalicum Creek Park. A free bike valet located near the sign-in tents will be provided.

Travel by bus: Several Whatcom Transportation Authority bus routes serve the area. Find your route using the online trip planner at ridewta.com. 

Travel by car: Carpooling is encouraged! Parking is available at the park near the main entrance but may fill up quickly. 

Map:

Questions? Want to learn more or request accessibility or language accommodations? 
Contact pkvolunteers@cob.org or 360-778-7105.

 Spend your Saturday helping us steward the Outdoor Classroom and Native Plant Garden! We'll remove pesky weeds, plant native plants, and spread mulch.

*Please note that this work party is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.*

All ages and abilities welcome. Participants under age 16 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Tools, gloves, and instructions are provided. Please dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes. 

Additional information will be emailed to registered participants. Register early, space is limited! If you sign up, please show up!

This event is Parkscriptions Certified!

Important Registration Steps:

After you have completed the required waiver (adult or youth), please be sure to then click "Sign Up" to complete your registration for the event! Completing the waiver does not automatically sign you up.

If you are bringing any additional volunteers or family members, please sign up as a team or have them join the site, sign the waiver, and then sign up individually. Here are some guides:

Responding to a Need as a Team : Galaxy Digital

Guide to Connect Waivers: For Parents and Guardians of Minors : Galaxy Digital

If you are bringing any youth under age 18 and have issues with the waiver or don’t want to create a separate account for them, you can also sign a paper youth waiver at check-in on the day of the work party. Just be sure to reserve spots on your team for them.

Thank you for your patience with our volunteer registration system!

Questions? Contact pkvolunteers@cob.org or 360-778-7105.

This park in the York Neighborhood near the Loving Space School needs some love. Join us and the York Neighborhood Association to help to remove weeds, spread mulch, and pick up litter to revitalize the space!

*Please note that this work party is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.*

All ages and abilities welcome. Participants under age 16 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Tools, gloves, and instructions are provided. Please dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes. 

Additional information will be emailed to registered participants. Register early, space is limited! If you sign up, please show up!

This event is Parkscriptions Certified!

Important Registration Steps:

After you have completed the required waiver (adult or youth), please be sure to then click "Sign Up" to complete your registration for the event! Completing the waiver does not automatically sign you up.

If you are bringing any additional volunteers or family members, please sign up as a team or have them join the site, sign the waiver, and then sign up individually. Here are some guides:

Responding to a Need as a Team : Galaxy Digital

Guide to Connect Waivers: For Parents and Guardians of Minors : Galaxy Digital

If you are bringing any youth under age 18 and have issues with the waiver or don’t want to create a separate account for them, you can also sign a paper youth waiver at check-in on the day of the work party. Just be sure to reserve spots on your team for them.

Thank you for your patience with our volunteer registration system!

Questions? Contact pkvolunteers@cob.org or 360-778-7105.

Help us improve wildlife habitat in the Samish Neighborhood by weeding and mulching!

*Please note that this work party is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.*

All ages and abilities welcome. Participants under age 16 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Tools, gloves, and instructions are provided. Please dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes. 

Additional information will be emailed to registered participants. Register early, space is limited! If you sign up, please show up!

This event is Parkscriptions Certified!

Important Registration Steps:

After you have completed the required waiver (adult or youth), please be sure to then click "Sign Up" to complete your registration for the event! Completing the waiver does not automatically sign you up.

If you are bringing any additional volunteers or family members, please sign up as a team or have them join the site, sign the waiver, and then sign up individually. Here are some guides:

Responding to a Need as a Team : Galaxy Digital

Guide to Connect Waivers: For Parents and Guardians of Minors : Galaxy Digital

If you are bringing any youth under age 18 and have issues with the waiver or don’t want to create a separate account for them, you can also sign a paper youth waiver at check-in on the day of the work party. Just be sure to reserve spots on your team for them.

Questions? Contact pkvolunteers@cob.org or 360-778-7105.