Still looking for a way to honor Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, the national MLK Day of Service?
As of Saturday afternoon, the Thornton Creek Alliance is still in need of four volunteers to “Help Create a Natural Beauty!” at Thorton Creek Park No. 6, a volunteer event sponsored by United Way of King County from 9 a.m. to about 12:30 p.m. Monday. Here’s the description:
Come and help restore a thriving natural area park just across the street from Northgate Mall. You’ll have an opportunity to view wildlife and learn about the Thornton Creek Watershed while we weed and mulch our native plants to help them have a head start in the spring. No special skills are required, only an interest in working with plants and restoring habitat for wildlife.
To volunteer, contact alliance Vice President Ruth Williams at 206-930-8965 or ruthalice@comcast.net. Volunteers will meet at Northeast 104th Street and Fifth Avenue Northeast.
Williams notes that wood ducks, shown above in a photo from Don McCall, are now living in and near the beaver pond, and volunteers are urged to keep their voices and the general noise level down to avoid disturbing them.
Williams sent along a few other upcoming volunteer events at Thornton Creek Park No. 6:
- 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30: We will weed and mulch in the area south of the beaver pond. If we get this completed we’ll move up to the north side and begin pulling ivy north of NE 106th. This is north of the pond and along the fence between the apartment building and the park. Anyone with possible ivy allergy will have the option of doing another task as we have several available! Meet at the intersection of NE 105th and 8th Ave. NE.
- 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27: We will finish up the weeding along the south side of NE 105th, and then move to the NE quadrant of the intersection of NE 105th and 8th NE (near the beaver pond). Meet on the south side of NE 105th, between 5th Ave. NE and 8th Ave. NE.
- 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, March 27: We’ll work on the north side of NE 106th and along the fence between the apartment building and the park. We’ll pull ivy, mulch plants, and improve the social trail along the fence. Meet at the end of NE 106th, east of 8th Ave. NE.
Find more MLK Day projects from United Way here, and other things to do on the holiday from our news partner The Seattle Times here.
