A2 Downtown Blooms Day 

Join hundreds of volunteers to help beautify the City on Saturday morning, May 19, 2012 at Liberty Plaza

Help keep Ann Arbor beautiful at the 24th Annual Downtown Blooms Day. Volunteers will plant flowers, mulch planters, and help spruce up the downtown areas. Interested individuals, families, youth groups, and other organizations are welcome to drop in on this event. Please pre-register by calling Nancy at 734.794.6000 extension 43112 or e-mailing nstone@a2gov.org.

Girl Scout groups were pre-registered with the Girl Scout Heart of Michigan chapter c/o Erin at 734.971.8800 and these slots are now filled--thanks scouts!

Base Camp location for registration and lunch. We will meet at Liberty Plaza (map link) between E. Liberty and S. Division.

Free event parking is in the Maynard Street structure (P5 on map) or Washington at Fourth Ave. structure (P2) parking structures only--bring your parking slip to the registration table for validation. (No free parking  is provided for on-street meters, surface lots, or in any other parking structures.)

Rain or shine--the event goes on! Our flats of flowers won't wait another week--and any natural water will be good for them. Downtown merchants will welcome you in their shops if you need to wait for a shower to pass.

• Volunteers check in between 9-10 a.m. The event will conclude between 11-12.
• Volunteers will receive a free t-shirt from Underground Printing and the State Street Assn.
• A free pizza lunch from Pizza House for volunteers will follow the activities.
• Supplies will be provided for planting flowers throughout downtown, although you may bring your own gardening gloves and trowel if you have one.
• Please dress for the weather. The event will proceed, rain or shine!
• In addition to planting flowers, we will be tending tree beds with pruning and mulching.
• Thank you very much for your help.

Many thanks to the following PARTNERS of the A2 Downtown Blooms Day volunteer event:

• State Street Area Association (event coordination)
• South University Area Association (event coordination)
• Main Street Area Association (event coordination)
• Kerrytown Area Association (event coordination)
• Sweetwaters Cafe (2-for-1 beverage cards)
• City of Ann Arbor (equipment, event coordination)
• Plus the many volunteer groups listed in the right column

ALSO: Saturday, May 19 is also the annual kick-off day for Ann Arbor’s volunteer Adopt-A-Park program. For more information, please consult www.a2gov.org/adopt-a-park or phone 734.794.6627.

May 19, 2012 is also the same day as Ypsilanti's PRIDE Day. Please follow this web link for more information on that volunteer event!

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