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Three public events at the Seminary Hill Natural Area over the coming two months will give community-minded volunteers plenty of opportunities to serve — with free cookies and refreshments for the workers.
The Friends of the Seminary Hill Natural Area will host their annual Autumn Work Party at Centralia’s hillside forest Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon, rain or shine.
All are invited to attend. Free coffee, cookies and sandwiches will be available for workers.
Attendees are urged to wear sturdy footwear and thick gloves. The Friends group will have some tools and gloves available, but volunteers are invited to bring their own tools as well, particularly loppers, shovels, rakes and wheelbarrows.
A variety of guided projects will be available for workers of all ages, skills and energy levels. These will include removing invasive English ivy, trail maintenance, trash removal, blackberry clipping and more.
In October, two tree-planting events will help continue a years-long effort to bring native vegetation back to a gully that is still only partially recovered and revegetated from an October 1991 mudslide.
The two tree-planting events will be on Oct. 17 and Oct. 24, starting at 9 a.m. Again, there will be work for all skill levels, experience and abilities, from hauling soil to the actual tree-planting itself.
“It’s so rewarding to do good work alongside good folks and have a good time doing it,” Brian Mittge, president of the Friends of the Seminary Hill Natural Area, said in a news release. “All three of these work events are a great opportunity to do something that matters and meet other quality people in one of the most beautiful spots in our region.”
The events will take place rain or shine.
Learn more at www.facebook.com/SeminaryHill, www.instagram.com/goseminaryhill and www.seminaryhillnaturalarea.org.
