Adopt-a-Park, Adopt-a-Trail, Adopt-A-Tree

The Volunteers In Parks program encourages community organizations, school clubs, corporations, and individuals to take an active role in improving Lindon City’s parks and trail systems. One unselfish act benefits the entire community. Adopting a park, trail section or tree can take many forms, including establishing a presence in the park, to being on the look-out for maintenance issues and reporting these to the City, providing maintenance assistance in the form of general clean-up, painting, weeding, planting, and providing input to the City on park development and use.

We encourage you to become directly involved in improving parks, invest in environmental protection, and protect our resources while experiencing personal, social, and physical rewards.

VIP Mission

To protect, maintain, and enhance the Lindon City’s neighborhood parks and open spaces, trails and trees through ongoing volunteer support and to inform the residents regarding the importance of parks, trails and open spaces.

Who can become a VIP?

The Adopt-A-Park Program seeks to bring together all groups interested in improving our City’s parks and open spaces. Our volunteers would include:

Individuals

Families

Neighborhood Associations

Youth Groups

Senior Citizens

Schools

Scouts

Church Groups

Businesses

How can volunteers help?

Volunteer groups care for their adopted area in the following way:

Picking up litter

Raking leaves

Removing graffiti

Caring for trees

Sweeping courts

Cleaning pathways

Reporting hazards

Pulling weeds

Planting flowerbeds

Checking facilities for vandalism

Locking restrooms

How do you become a VIP?

1. Sign and return the appropriate Adopt-A-Park Volunteer Application form and each adult must sign the Release of Liability form (Xerox as necessary). If you have volunteers under the age of 18, you must have the Release from Liability Form – Minor signed by their parent.

2. The Parks Division will process your forms and contact you.

3. City staff will train you to do the tasks for which you have volunteered.

4. You will be required to provide all tools necessary to accomplish these tasks. Some supplies will be provided by the department depending on budget restrictions.

 What are VIP’s responsible for?

 • Required to maintain their adopted park for at least one (1) year. We encourage volunteers to work at their adopted location at least once a month. Volunteers need to coordinate their schedules with the Parks Division.

• Abide by all park rules and regulations.

• Notify the Parks Division regarding changes in any VIP volunteer duties.

• Return all supplies upon resignation.

• Keep a tally of the number of volunteer hours on a monthly basis and report to the Parks Division. Tabulation of this information is vital to the program in the following ways:

      o Justifies the need for additional tools and supplies to City Council.

      o Accounts for total donated time to the City for statistical reports.

      o Confirms growth or decline in volunteer involvement.

      o Assists students who are required to perform community service hours.

      o Assists our office in providing volunteer awards and recognition.

City Support

The program will provide you with supplies to assist you in your duties such as trash bags, painting supplies and paper goods. This not only helps you do your job but also helps us keep our parks clean! Gardening tools such as shovels, rakes, gloves, etc. & safety equipment will be provided by volunteer organizations and participants.

Acknowledgement & Recognition

Adopters receive the following to reinforce a sense of responsibility and civic pride:

          An official Certificate of Adoption.

          An invitation to our Annual Volunteer Recognition Event.

          An adoption sign naming the adopters to be posted at the park site after 30 reported volunteer hours.

           Recognition on City Website

Adopt-A-Park locations

 Pioneer Park

Citizenship Park

Lindon View Park

Panorama Park

Water Tank Park

City Cemetery

Fryer Park

Hollow Park

Community Center Grounds

City Center Park

Creekside Park

Pheasant Brook Park

Meadows Park

Equestrian Staging Area

Adopt-A-Trail locations

 Lindon Heritage Trail

Sections:

•          West from 1200 E to 900 E at approximately 140 North (approx.42 of a mile)
•          West from 900 E to 700 E at (approx .36 of a mile long)
•          South on 700 E to Center Street, then West on Center Street to Main Street (approx. 1 mile)
•          North on Main Street to 60 N. then into the main park continuing under state street to Lakeview Drive and 400 W  (approx. .81 Mile)
•          West from 400 W to 800 W then South to 200 South. (approx 1 mile)
•          West on 200 South to Geneva Road. South on Geneva Road to under the underpass of I15. West on the Trail to the Foot Bridge (approx 1 mile)
•          West from the Foot Bridge to Pioneer lane. (approx .5 Mile)

Murdock Trail

Sections:

•          North 200 S to Center Street (approx .30 mile)
•          North on Center Street to 400 N (approx .60 mile)
•          North from 400 North to 400 East Pleasant Groove (approx .75 Mile)
•          Trail entrances at 200 S, Center Street North & South, 400 N. North & South.

Adopt-A-Tree Locations

Pioneer Park

Citizenship Park

Lindon View Park

Panorama Park

City Center

Aquatics Center

Community Center

Water Tank Park

City Cemetery

Fryer Park

Hollow Park

Community Center Grounds

City Center Park

Creekside Park

Pheasant Brook Park

Meadows Park

Equestrian Staging Area

Other suggestions welcome

So, is becoming a V.I.P. by adopting a park or other location a possibility for you? Simply fill out the Adopt-A-Park Group Volunteer Application on the following pages, and also a volunteer form for adults and children for each person that is going to be working with you and return them to me either by mail or fax and the Parks Department will contact you to get you started.

You and your volunteer group will make a great difference.