PLEASE JOIN US SEPTEMBER 23 – OCTOBER 1, 2023

group of volunteers planting tree in park

Help us celebrate Pennsylvania’s public lands!

Healthy Lands Week is a statewide initiative to strengthen volunteer activities, engage visitors, and raise awareness of stewardship of cultural and natural resources. Through volunteer events, educational programs, recreational programs, volunteer recognition, and other initiatives, it is an annual “rallying cry” for public engagement in the places and landscapes that make Pennsylvania home. This year’s impactful event runs from National Public Lands Day on September 23 through A Walk in Penn’s Woods Day on October 1. Healthy Lands Week also supports Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s Pick Up Pennsylvania initiative.

Upcoming Events

  • Clean Up Lake Luxembourg in Core Creek Park

    9/24/2022 9:00 AM
    Bucks County

    Group Name
    Bucks County Parks and Recreation

    Event ID 18278
    Estimated number of volunteers – 50

    Contact
    Angela Nagle
    ajnagle@buckscounty.org

  • Friends of Pine Grove Furnace: National Public Lands Day

    9/24/2022 9:00 to noon
    Pine Grove Furnace State Park
    1100 Pine Grove Road
    Gardners, PA 17324

    Sponsor
    Friends of Pine Grove Furnace

  • Laurel Mountain Volunteers Work Day

    9/24/2022 9:00 to noon
    Forbes State Forest
    Meeting place TBA

    Sponsor
    Laurel Mountain Volunteers/Forbes State Forest

    Contact
    Rachael Mahony
    724-238-1200
    rmahony@pa.gov

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Strategically, I think it’s important we all chip in to make parks and rec bigger and better across the state. Personally, I think there are a ton of really cool and creative people that volunteer, and I like interacting and being a part of that experience.

—Jason Lang, CPRE – Director of Parks and Recreation, East Goshen Township