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Success Stories About
Volunteers
Our Park’s Tomorrow,
Depends on What You Do Today
When was the last time you planted a tree,
volunteered for someone,
or beautified a park?
These questions have all been answered by the people that live within
Southwest Florida around the W.P. Franklin Lock and Recreation Areas. On
March 6th 2004, 296 people became park stewards. These folks
gave up one of their Saturday’s to participate in the Take Pride in WP
Franklin Event. This event provided families, church and scout groups, and
high school students the opportunity to take pride within their community by
making a difference. For the last five years, the South Florida Operations
Office (SFOO), Clewiston, FL has hosted this event at the W.P. Franklin Lock
Recreation Area. Every year park enhancement projects are planned and
implemented from planting trees to installing picnic tables.
 Participants were provided the opportunity to camp within the recreation
area the night before, while others preferred to sleep at home and arrive
the next day. No matter where they slept, all our park stewards
accomplished huge amounts of work within two and a half hours. The
following projects were led by SFOO Staff and Volunteers:
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Planted 43 Live Oak Trees |
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Planted 16 Palm Trees |
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Installed 4 Trash
Receptacles |
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Water Sealed 300 feet of
wooden fence |
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Refurbished 10 picnic
tables |
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Installed 4 Park Benches |
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Installed 2 Campfire Rings |
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Painted Parking Bumpers
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This event could not have been possible without all of park stewards and
vendors. Local vendors donated $11,685.00 within supplies for the Recreation
Areas.
 After the work was completed, a new lock-viewing platform was opened. This
platform provides the public a chance to view vessels that are locking
through the W.P. Franklin Lock.
The South Florida Operations Office GREATLY THANKS everyone who made the WP
Franklin Event a huge SUCCESS. For more information concerning this event
please visit our website at
www.saj.usace.army.mil
Do you have a volunteer success story to share?
We will rotate
stories and print them as space becomes available.
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