Family Volunteer Day 2009

5-year old Lil' Green Hands volunteer harvesting hibiscus at Green Gate Farms on Family Volunteer Day.

5-year old Lil' Green Hands volunteer harvesting hibiscus at Green Gate Farms on Family Volunteer Day.

21 families, 27 children participated in Little Helping Hands volunteer activities on Family Volunteer Day 2009.

Activities included farming and harvesting at Green Gate Farms, trash/litter pick-up with Purty Up Austin at Boggy Creek Greenbelt Park, mulching/planting flowers and trash/litter pick-up at Eilers Park, sorting and hanging clothes at a Goodwill Retail store, and weighing and packing 3000 lbs. of carrots at the Capital Area Food Bank.

9-year volunteer participating in the Friends of Eilers Park Beautification Project helping to plant bluebonnets at Eilers Park.

9-year volunteer participating in the Friends of Eilers Park Beautification Project helping to plant bluebonnets at Eilers Park.

Father & 5-year old son participating in Purty Up Austin's Anti-Litter Campaign helping to clean-up Boggy Creek Greenbelt Park.

Father & 5-year old son participating in Purty Up Austin's Anti-Litter Campaign helping to clean-up Boggy Creek Greenbelt Park.

Mother and 8 year-old son weighing and packaging carrots at the Capital Area Food Bank.

Mother and 8 year-old son weighing and packaging carrots at the Capital Area Food Bank.

5-year old Hodgepodge Helper hanging clothes at the Goodwill Retail Store on North Lamar.

5-year old Hodgepodge Helper hanging clothes at the Goodwill Retail Store on North Lamar.