Volunteers needed for Flora and Fauna Friday at LeRoy Haagen Memorial Park

The city of Vancouver’s Volunteer Programs and Naturespaces will host Flora and Fauna Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 25 at LeRoy Haagen Memorial Community Park, N.E. Ninth St., Vancouver. Flora and Fauna Fridays (Fridays through mid-December). Training, gloves, tools, water and snacks will be provided. Volunteers should dress for the weather and wear long pants and closed-toe shoes. Youth under 18 must bring a signed minor consent form. This location is wheelchair accessible and work is done in a quiet park with potential for loud work sounds and nearby traffic. For mulching projects, volunteers may be shoveling, twisting and turning and pushing wheelbarrows. For invasive removal projects, volunteers may be kneeling, pulling, and twisting as well as possibly lifting plants overhead to load into a dumpster. To register, email cityvolunteer@cityofvancouver.us.