The Friends of Hamlin Beach State Park (FOHBSP) and park staff welcomed over 90 volunteers to the 7th annual I Love My Park Day at Hamlin Beach State Park on Saturday, May 5. Volunteers were welcomed upon registration with hot coffee, hot chocolate and doughnuts provided by the Hamlin Lions Club. After a brief opening by co-chairs Jeanine Klopp and Holly Jennejahn, and remarks by Hamlin Beach park manager Kate Gross and Hamlin Town Supervisor Eric Peters, volunteers spent the morning tackling a variety of work projects for all ages and interests.
One group tackled clean-up along the beach. Another large group helped prep the campgrounds for the upcoming camping season. Other projects included painting the interior of the future history museum and cleaning out, raking, and weeding several flower bed areas within the park.
With a donation by Tops Friendly Market in Hamlin, the FOHBSP were able to provide water and snacks for the volunteers. Mark’s Pizzeria of Hamlin donated pizza for lunch.
I Love My Park Day is a statewide event organized by Parks & Trails New York in partnership with the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. This year more than 8,000 volunteers pitched in on clean-up, beautification and improvement projects at 135 state parks, historic sites and public lands across the state. Key partnerships included New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the National Park Service, Excelsior Conservation Corps, and the New York Commission on Volunteer and Community Service.
The Friends of Hamlin Beach State Park is a nonprofit, charitable organization founded to support programs, services, activities and preservation at Hamlin Beach State Park. Photos of the event at Hamlin Beach can be seen on their facebook page: facebook.com/FOHBSP.
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