Webb Elementary is the first Elementary School to benefit from our Elementary School Garden initiative. This initiative will build on our journey with McKinney Roots and the East McKinney Learning Gardens and begin to create school gardens that will enhance the learning of our elementary students. Our goal is to connect our students and community by developing school gardens where students can connect their learning in math, science and STEAM to real world applications. Our gardens will serve as a means of collaboration, problem solving and connection for our students.
At Webb Elementary we will be reestablishing our gardens! We want to clean-up the garden beds, restain them and the benches so the outside courtyard is an inviting extension of the classrooms.
What to bring:Work gloves. Bring bug spray, sunscreen, and water. If you bring your own tools, please have them marked as such so we know they are yours.
What do I wear: Long pants, long sleeves, and closed toed shoes or boots. Sunscreen and bug spray are recommended. Please dress appropriately for the weather.
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Best suited for volunteers ages 8 and older
This event is Family Friendly
Register by Mar 22, 2024
This is an outdoor volunteer workday
This is a wheelchair accessible workday
WE WILL BE CLEANING OUT GARDEN BEDS, STAINING, PUTTING FRESH MULCH DOWN AND GENERALLY CLEANING UP AND PLANTING A NEW GARDEN
On January 19th, 2023, the McKinney Parks Foundation held the Annual Kick Off Celebration. This event was hosted by The Stix Icehouse and featured a local artist, Anne Royer, from The Cove, McKinney. Anne’s piece is from her Exhibition; On Landscapes: Of This and Other Worlds. The event was a low-waste event and featured almost no single use plastic.
Thank you Erwin Park MTB and DORBA.MPF President Rick Moreno gives a speech.Anne Royer, ‘Flora and Fauna of a Texas Prairie’MPFThank you to all who attended.Thank you City of McKinney Parks and Recreation Department.Photos from the Annual Kick Off Event
Thank you to the City of McKinney Parks and Recreation Department, McKinney City Council, Erwin Park MTB, DORBA, The Cove, and of course The Stix Icehouse for your support with this event. Thank you President Rick Moreno, Vice President Greg Smith, Secretary Kevin Korenthal, Treasurers Emily Shao and Andy Hundson, and Communications Mary Abercrombie.
Volunteer of the Year, 2022
Bruce Mead (left) and Rick Moreno (right) MPF recognizes Bruce Mead as Volunteer of the Year, 2022
The McKinney Parks Foundation is proud to begin its first year in honoring a Volunteer of the Year. For 2022, we have recognized Bruce Mead as Volunteer of the Year.
Bruce is dedicated to McKinney parks. If you have been to one of our volunteer work days you most likely met Bruce. Bruce is a force of nature, always alert and present, involved and participating, and full of new ideas and energy. Bruce goes above and beyond.
Anne’s piece, pictured left, is of the Blackland Prairie and was created using sustainably harvested native plants from a Wildlife Restoration in McKinney (the Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary). Anne pushes the boundaries of traditional landscape painting by employing non-traditional image-making processes. Anne’s inspiration came from efforts to preserve Texas’ Blackland Prairie, an endangered ecosystem. The various plant forms used to create these paintings are native plants and the animals included in the paintings are among the many that live here in the Blackland Prairie ecoregion.
In 2022…
The McKinney Parks Foundation had a reported 1,929 volunteer hours worked. This is valued at $55,053.66 according to the Independent Sector.
The McKinney Parks Foundation participated in a planting of 1,537 trees between Gabe Nesbitt Park, Gray Branch Community Parkland, and as a partner for Princeton at J.M. Caldwell Sr Community Park.
The McKinney Parks Foundation developed 3.2 miles of trails along Gray Branch Community Parkland.
The McKinney Parks Foundation planted wildflowersamounting to a total of 2 acres at Gray Branch Community Parkland.
The McKinney Parks Foundation has collected 2,000 gallons of litter along Wilson Creek, over the stretch of 4 miles of waterways.
2022 has brought an amazing value to McKinney Parks, our community, and our local ecosystem.We want to give a special thank you to all of our dedicated volunteers who have a keen interest in keeping McKinney Unique by Nature. We couldn’t have done it without you.
Here’s to 2023… Get Involved!
Volunteer with us! Check out the ‘Events’ tab to see upcoming Volunteer Work Days. Email us at mckinneyparksfoundation@gmail.com if you’re interested in organizing a separate Volunteer Work Day for your corporation, business, group, or club.
Attend a board meeting! Board meetings are usually the third Thursday of each month, 7:30 PM, at the Eldorado Country Club. Be sure to email Greg Smith at lg.smith2412@att.net and let us know you’ll be there. Board Meetings can move around – so subscribe to our newsletter for the latest updates.
Donate! We accept donations online, via check, cash, or in-kind donations. You can also check out our Amazon Wishlist. The more tools we have – the more we can serve our McKinney Parks!
Dedicate a Bench. With your donation, the McKinney Parks Foundation will place a bench in a McKinney Park with a plaque. Please see click the tab ‘Projects’ to find out more about the Memorial Bench Program.
