Manitoba Geocaching Association

AngelFreak · Joined: 17 Aug 2010 Posts: 46 Location: Winnipeg

Last year it came to my attention that our group had not hosted a CITO event since 2009 so I organized one for World Environmental Day in June at Lagimodiere/Gadboury Park in St. Boniface and it was a huge success! I then decided to also organize one for GeoVenture weekend and that went well too. It was nice to see such a positive response from our geocaching community for both of these!

I have started planning for this year's World Environmental Day CITO and during my research discovered a great opportunity for our association:
The City of Winnipeg has an Adopt-A-Park program available and with a minimum two year commitment they would provide signage at the park stating our group name!

According to my contact in the parks department, they have some groups who each spring or fall (or both) come in and do clean ups and once that becomes an annual commitment they recognize the group with an adopt a park sign on site. Sometimes the relationships can grow to see volunteers provide other assistance such as planting beds or bench donations, etc.

What do you think?
Would you like to help us commit to adopting a park to clean up once or twice a year for the next couple years?
Please provide your feedback and/or suggest a park that you think could benefit from our group doing CITO at.

Notes:
a) I am hoping that we can get enough feedback to commit to this by June 5th but if we don't then the new deadline will be the end of August.
b) We will take a poll to pick from the park suggestions when the deadline has been reached.

Riany · Joined: 23 Feb 2008 Posts: 19

Sounds like a good idea

crackerjackie · Joined: 04 Oct 2009 Posts: 47

I think its a good idea!

Hakliva · Joined: 12 Sep 2010 Posts: 25

I like it, and i love the idea of our name and hobby getting out into the general public more, and giving us a good name.
Great idea!

TXNCHK and MonkeyMan · Joined: 25 Oct 2010 Posts: 2

I like the idea! Very Happy

On a side note: This is my first time in the forum and my first ever post. I signed in just to reply to this thread! Wink

ToonYogi · Posted: Apr 27, 2012 8:23 am Post subject:

Great Idea Laughing

ertyu · Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 546 Location: Winnipeg

I'll add the thoughts that have come up in the past about this idea. Historically attendance at CITO events has been quite low, such that it would be difficult to have enough people attend twice a year to clean an entire park.

AngelFreak · Joined: 17 Aug 2010 Posts: 46 Location: Winnipeg

roddandtoddflanders · Joined: 02 Oct 2011 Posts: 9

We like this idea. We aren't sure which park though.

Erocks · Joined: 05 Jul 2011 Posts: 18 Location: Winnipeg

I'm totally up for it and would make a great effort to come out to the park to do a clean up as it's close to home Very Happy

netleyhunter · Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 32 Location: Selkirk

Great idea, I am indifferent to which park is picked other than one that is closer to the northern park of the city since it's closer for me.

AngelFreak · Joined: 17 Aug 2010 Posts: 46 Location: Winnipeg

Just bumping this up again...

Please post suggestions on any parks that you think could work!

The Black Flight · Joined: 23 May 2011 Posts: 10

How about Bruce Park? It has a has a Cenotaph which is dedicated to the memory of those who died in the First World War, the Second World War, Korea, and to Canadian peacekeepers, is a location for wedding pictures, not too big, and is just across from Assiniboin Park, (The park on the other side of the walking bridge).