Scout Wins Trek Ten Team Challenge
Posted by Friends of the Parks/Glenda Mink on Jan 4, 2012 in Blogging, Entertainment, Health/Fitness, Organization | 0 comments
A grand total of 77 trekkers came out for an early morning hike at Polk County’s newest environmental lands site – Marshall Hampton Reserve, 34 of them “new comers” to the monthly hikes hosted by Friends of the Parks Foundation. Seven year-old, Jayden Benjamin will tell you it was well worth the effort to crawl out of bed that particular Saturday morning as he won a $50...
Ring in the New Year with a Hike –...
Posted by Friends of the Parks/Glenda Mink on Dec 28, 2011 in Blogging, Environment, Government, Health/Fitness, Organization | 0 comments
Commissioner Bob English could easily be Polk County’s poster child for fitness. He loves to walk, run, bicycle – you name it, and he’s out there. Again this year, he invites everyone to join him in ringing in the New Year with a trek in the woods at Polk County’s premier outdoor destination, Circle B Bar Reserve, 4399 Winter Lake Road, Lakeland. Unlike years past,...
Trek Ten Trekker Improves Financial Well...
Posted by Friends of the Parks/Glenda Mink on Nov 28, 2011 in Blogging, Entertainment, Environment, Health/Fitness, Organization | 0 comments
Georgiana Kurtz had no idea wearing her pedometer to the Friends of the Parks’ combination 2011 grand finale celebration and kickoff of the 2012 Trek Ten Trails season would add an extra $50 to her financial wellness. She and husband Terry are charter members of the elite Trek Ten Trail Walkers Club and have been hiking Polk County’s trails since the program was introduced in the...
25th Annual Port Hatchineha Christmas Bo...
Lake Arbuckle Park Re-Opens Saturday, No...
Polk County’s Lake Arbuckle Park and Campground located at 2600 Lake Arbuckle Park Road in Frostproof is scheduled to re-open on Saturday, November 5. The popular campground and boat ramp launch was recently closed to the public due to flooding from recent rains.Essay Winner – Better Get My Glove...
Posted by Friends of the Parks/Glenda Mink on Nov 1, 2011 in Education, Environment, Organization | 0 comments
Given a choice between planting (flowers) and watching TV, 11-year Mariva DeBorde will go with choice number one – as she declared in her winning Dirt Day Essay entry, “Better get my gloves!”
Mariva was one of three contest winners in the first-ever “It Matters What You Grow” Dirt Day Essay Contest sponsored by Friends of the Parks Foundation and Magnify...
Lake Arbuckle Campground Temporarily Clo...
Due to flooding from recent rains, Polk County’s Lake Arbuckle Park and Campground on Lake Arbuckle Road in Frostproof will be temporarily closed to the public. The campground and boat launching site will be reopened as soon as access and facilities are safe to enter. Re-opening will be noticed on Polk County’s website: www.polk-county.netMeet Artist Thomas Brooks at Free Recept...
Dirt Day EcoFriends Become “Bog Mo...
IMWYG Dirt Day Essay Contest
Posted by Friends of the Parks/Glenda Mink on Jul 21, 2011 in Education, Environment, Home/Garden, Organization | 0 comments
Friends of the Parks Foundation and Magnify Credit Union are asking kids who have been attending monthly “It Matters What You Grow” Dirt Days to tell them what they learned and liked best about growing native and Florida-Friendly plants that conserve water and help protect our environment. There is still time for newcomers to enter the essay contest by attending two of the...
Mackay Gardens Hosts Dirt Day No. 5
Posted by Friends of the Parks/Glenda Mink on Jul 11, 2011 in Education, Environment, Organization | 0 comments
Giant Evergreen Liriope was used in the landscaping surrounding the historic mansion built by Alexander Mackay in 1916. It will also be the featured plant youngsters, ages 6 to 12, will learn to propagate when they visit Mackay Gardens and Lakeside Preserve in Lake Alfred, Saturday, July 16, as part of the “It Matters What You Grow” Dirt Day series. Dirt Day No. 5 will...
July is Parks and Recreation Month
Posted by Friends of the Parks/Glenda Mink on Jul 2, 2011 in Environment, Government, Health/Fitness | 0 comments
July is a month-long observance, proclaimed as Parks and Recreation Month by the Polk County Board of County Commissioners at its regularly scheduled meeting June 28. Commissioner Bob English presented the proclamation to Marian Ryan (left), president of the all-volunteer Friends of the Parks Foundation that is actively engaged in the promotion and support of parks year round. ...
Thomas Brooks: A Friend of Polk County&...
Posted by Friends of the Parks/Glenda Mink on Jun 17, 2011 in Entertainment, Environment | 0 comments
Ask nationally renowned wildlife artist Thomas Brooks where he gets inspiration for his paintings, and he will tell you the “outdoors.” Not surprisingly, Brooks begins his on-camera pitch for support of the Friends of the Parks Foundation from a picturesque setting at Polk County’s premier 1,267-acre nature park, Circle B Bar Reserve on Winter Lake Road east of U.S. 98.
In a...
Dirt Day No. 3: Milkweed and Magical Mo...
East Central Park Play Courts Complete &...
Polk County’s 40.52-acre East Central Park development in Dundee is now complete. The basketball and three-wall racquetball courts situated at the main entrance off Mabel Loop Road are new additions. Looking due west and down a beautiful row of trees framing parking for the football and soccer fields constructed during the previous phase, are tennis and volleyball courts...New Boat Ramp for Port Hatchineha
Polk County Parks and Natural Resources crews have done all the patching they can do. From the time the County reopened the former privately-owned operation to public access of Lake Hatchineha and the Kissimmee Chain, heavy use of the boat launch at the popular Port Hatchineha Park and Campground in Haines City has caused deterioration beyond repair. While no time is a good time...Jenkins Art Students Give Dirt Day Shade...
Three talented teens are combining their artistic talents to create a snappy mural for the shade house at Circle B Bar Reserve, which is used by volunteers – some as young as six years of age to grow native and Florida-Friendly plants for Polk County’s public parks and environmental lands restoration projects. George Jenkins High School art students (left to right)...An Open Letter of Thanks!
On behalf of the Friends of the Parks Foundation, I want to take this opportunity to thank all sponsors, vendors and participants in the Rampin’ It Up Big Bass Benefit Tournament. A special thank you goes to our sponsors – Magnify Credit Union, City of Winter Haven, Polk County Parks and Recreation, Paul Thomas of the FWC, and Ron’s Tackle Box of Lake Alfred. Our kids’ corner...Rampin’ It Up Big Bass Tournament ...
Chris Maxwell was the lucky angler with the biggest bass (9 lbs. 7 oz.) winning the $500 cash prize sponsored by Magnify Credit Union in the Friends of the Parks Foundation’s first-ever benefit bass tournament held April 9th at Lake Shipp Park on the Winter Chain of Lakes Saturday. The proceeds from the Foundation’s Rampin’ It Up Big Bass Benefit Tournament will provide...River Clean-Up from New Heritage Peace R...
The first volunteers to arrive for the “Friends for Public Lakes Access” Clean-up of the Peace River had a special close-up encounter with the wildlife. Mike Britt, City of Winter Haven Natural Resources Director, who provided the fleet of 15 kayaks, captured deer grazing over the heads of (left to right) Holly Peterson, Glenda Mink, Andy Quinn, Charles Cook and Joey Maier. The...From the Publisher, Marialice Quinn
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