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Join us on Saturday, October 24 for Good Neighbor Day, a day of action to support local priorities across College Park and beyond.
Good Neighbor Day is a partnership between UMD, College Park, and PG Parks Department of Parks and Rec that bring Marylanders together to support community-nominated projects in a hands-on effort to do good.
Opportunities are open to all, ages 10 and up.
Volunteers below the age of 18 must have a parent or guardian complete a Parental Informed Consent and Release. Volunteers under the age of 12 must also be accompanied by an adult the day of.
Student or community groups looking to register as a group: Click "reserve", fill out the form, and submit.
Please be advised that group registrations are subject to approval by organizers and all reservations require individual group members to register and sign a volunteer waiver. Reservations with unclaimed/blank spots will be forfeit and released on October 16, 2026.
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1 - 32 of 32 Shifts
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
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| Beautify College Park Academy Flower Beds with CPA Environmental Club | 9:30am (ET) | 12:00pm (ET) | 5751 Rivertech Court Riverdale Park, Maryland 20737 College Park Academy | Join the College Park Academy Environmental Club in maintaining CPA's flower beds! Volunteers will assist with weeding, planting, mulching, and seasonal upkeep. | 12/12 | Over |
| Clean Up + Eco Fair: Langley Park Creek | 9:00am (ET) | 12:00pm (ET) | 8402 Riggs Road Adelphi, Maryland 20783 Adelphi Mill Historic Site | Join us the Langley Park Civic Association at Northwestern Branch Trail and Creek to help beautify the area. All are welcome to volunteer! Volunteers will:
| 50/50 | Over |
| Clean Up: Acredale Community Park | 10:00am (ET) | 12:00pm (ET) | 4200 Metzerott Road College Park, Maryland 20740 Acredale Community Park | Join Hearts in Action in removing litter, cleaning walking paths, and beautifying Acredale Community Park. Hearts in Action is a student organization committed to making a lasting, positive impact in the College Park community. | 43/45 | Over |
| Clean Up: Campus Drive with Chi Delta Ques ΩΨΦ | 10:00am (ET) | 12:00pm (ET) | 7300 50th Avenue College Park, Maryland 20740 College Park Metro Station | | 20/20 | Over |
| Clean Up: Guildford Run | 10:00am (ET) | 12:00pm (ET) | 4201 Guilford Drive College Park, Maryland 20740 Hope Lutheran Church and Student Center | Join volunteers along Guilford Run to help clean and beautify the area! All tools and instruction will be provided. Led by the Humble Walk, an Inclusive Christian Ministry at UMD. All are welcome to volunteer! | 33/50 | Over |
| Clean Up: Paint Branch Trail | 8:30am (ET) | 11:00am (ET) | 5000 Pierce Avenue College Park, Maryland 20740 Paint Branch Trail | Join Zion Church's Young Adult Ministry in cleaning up along Paint Branch Trail. | 39/40 | Over |
| Crochet for Warmth at College Park Woods Community Center | 10:00am (ET) | 12:00pm (ET) | 3545 Marlborough Way College Park, MD 20740 College Park Woods Community Center | Join volunteers at the College Park Woods Clubhouse to help create blankets for those in need. Volunteers will crochet squares that will be joined together into cozy blankets to provide warmth and comfort. Volunteers should have general knowledge in crochet. Finished blankets will be donated to local homeless shelters, women’s... | 20/20 | Over |
| Disco(ver) Tech(nology) with College Park Scholars | 10:00am (ET) | 12:00pm (ET) | 4711 Berwyn House Road College Park, Maryland 20740 Spellman House Apartments | Join College Park Scholar volunteers in leading disco(ver) tech(nology) activities with local aging residents. Activities cover different topics including AI scams and general tech questions. Priority sign ups are for Data Justice scholars but will also be open to other students in College Park Scholars. | 68/68 | Over |
| Enhance + Learn: Hyattsville Emerson Food Forest | 9:30am (ET) | 12:00pm (ET) | 4515 Emerson Street Hyattsville, Maryland 20781 Emerson Food Forest | Join volunteers and Global FEWture Alliance in maintaining Hyattsville's Emerson Food Forest! Volunteers will interact with each other, use their bodies, and feel good about maintaining the garden with weeding, pruning, planting, and harvesting food. They will take home knowledge about cultivating food crops in suburban areas. | 14/15 | Over |
| Enhance + Plant Trees: Gateway West Park, Hyattsville | 9:30am (ET) | 12:00pm (ET) | 3449 Carnaby Street Hyattsville, Maryland 20782 Gateway West Park | Join volunteers and the City of Hyattsville Department of Public Works in enhancing Gateway West Park! Volunteers will:
| 17/20 | Over |
| Enhance + Plant: Berwyn Heights Elementary | 10:00am (ET) | 12:00pm (ET) | 6200 Pontiac Street Berwyn Heights, Maryland 20740 Berwyn Heights Elementary School | Join volunteers at Berwyn Heights Elementary School for garden maintenance and beautification of the grounds, including weeding, mulching, and planting pollinator plants. | 5/20 | Over |
| Enhance Learning Garden at Cesar Chavez Dual Spanish Immersion School | 10:00am (ET) | 12:00pm (ET) | 6609 Riggs Road Chillum, Maryland 20782 César Chávez Dual Spanish Immersion | Join volunteers in enhancing the learning garden at Cesar Chavez Dual Spanish Immersion School. Volunteers will weed, prune, and mulch the learning garden. | 10/10 | Over |
| Enhance Riversdale Historic Site & Museum Interpretive Gardens! | 9:30am (ET) | 12:00pm (ET) | 4811 Riversdale Road Riversdale Park, MD 20737 Riversdale Historic Site and Museum | Join volunteers and Riversdale's historic site gardeners in a variety of activities in the garden and learn about both growing food and native plants! Volunteers will:
| 2/5 | Over |
| Install Native Meadow at Davis Field | 8:30am (ET) | 12:00pm (ET) | 5218 Iroquois Street College Park, Maryland 20740 Davis Field Playground | Join volunteers and the College Park Department of Public Works in installing a native plant meadow at Davis Field Playground! Volunteers will:
| 10/10 | Over |
| Install Tiny Library + Children Read-along | 9:30am (ET) | 11:30am (ET) | 9308 Cherry Hill Road College Park, Maryland 20740 7 Spring Apartments Childway | Join Solutions in Hometown Connections in installing a new tiny library and reading to local children at 7 Springs Apartments in College Park. Volunteers are encouraged to bring two books to donate to the tiny library! | 6/10 | Over |
| Permaculture Plant + Learn: Berwyn Permaculture and Rain Garden, College Park | 10:00am (ET) | 12:00pm (ET) | 4999 Greenbelt Road College Park, Maryland 20740 One block passed the village pump | Join the City of College Park Committee for a Better Environment at the Berwyn Permaculture and Rain Garden! Volunteers will:
| 23/30 | Over |
| Plant Trees at Kenesaw Food Forest | 8:30am (ET) | 11:30am (ET) | 5218 Iroquois Street College Park, Maryland 20740 Davis Field Playground | Join volunteers and College Park's Bee City USA Committee in planting fruiting and native plants and trees. Volunteers will earn about proper planting, location, and maintenance for redbud trees, as well as blueberry and chokeberry trees! The Kenesaw Food Forest was started and is maintained by volunteers from the City... | 10/10 | Over |
| Pollinator Plant + Learn: American Legion Post 217 Pollinator Garden | 10:00am (ET) | 12:00pm (ET) | 9218 Baltimore Avenue College Park, Maryland 20740 John B. Latimer College Park American Legion Post 217 | Join volunteers in preparing garden beds, planting pollinator-friendly flowers and native plants, spreading mulch, and watering! Along the way, volunteers will learn how pollinator habitats support bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects while improving the health and productivity of the adjacent youth vegetable garden. | 6/10 | Over |
| Preprare Hot Meals with Virtual X Kitchen | 8:30am (ET) | 12:00pm (ET) | 5110 Roanoke Place College Park, Maryland 20740 Virtual X Kitchen | Join Virtual X Kitchen and volunteers in preparing and distributing 600 hot meals for local aging residents, helping to improve food access in our community. Volunteers will assist in food preparation, cooking, packaging with guidance from pros. | 20/20 | Over |
| Remove Invasive Plants at Albion Woods Park | 9:30am (ET) | 12:00pm (ET) | Albion Road College Park, Maryland 20740 Meet at the intersection of Albion Rd & Rhode Island Ave in College Park | Join the M-NCPPC Vegetation Ecologist to help their efforts to revitalize Rhode Island Trolley Trail along Albion Road. Staff have begun a multi-year invasive plant management program for the property and could use some help removing invasive shrubs and vines from the understory. Volunteers will have the opportunity to learn... | 0/20 | Over |
| Remove Invasive Plants at Lake Artemesia | 10:00am (ET) | 12:00pm (ET) | 8200 55th Avenue College Park, Maryland 20740 Meet near Lake Artemesia Butterfly Garden | Join the Prince George's County Park Rangers at Lake Artemesia to remove non-native invasive plants and plant native pollinator plants and shrubs. Volunteers will:
Volunteers should wear closed-toe... | 40/40 | Over |
| Remove Invasive Plants at Muskogee Playground | 8:30am (ET) | 12:00pm (ET) | 9725 Narragansett Parkway College Park, Maryland 20740 Muskogee Playground | Join volunteers and the College Park Department of Public Works at Muskogee Playground to remove invasive plants. Volunteers should wear closed-toe shoes, long sleeve shirt, and pants. All tools and instruction will be provided. Please note that parking is limited and it is street parking. | 4/10 | Over |
| Remove Invasive Plants in Greenbelt North Woods | 10:00am (ET) | 12:00pm (ET) | 7 Plateau Place Greenbelt, Maryland 20770 Trail entrance of Greenbelt North Woods | Join volunteers in spreading mulch along Greenbelt North Woods trails and removing invasive plants. This is an ongoing project led by Woodlands Committee of Greenbelt Woods Inc. Volunteers should wear closed-toe shoes, pants, and long-sleeved shirts. All tools and instructions will be provided. | 5/30 | Over |
| Remove Invasive Plants on Edmonston Road | 8:30am (ET) | 12:00pm (ET) | 7301 Radcliffe Dr College Park, MD 20740 | Join volunteers and the College Park Department of Public Works at the intersection of Radcliffe Drive and Edmonston Road to remove invasive plants. Volunteers should wear closed-toe shoes and long sleeve shirt and pants. All tools and instruction will be provided. | 10/10 | Over |
| Remove Invasive Plants on Paint Branch Drive Wooded Wetlands | 9:00am (ET) | 12:00pm (ET) | 8500 Paint Branch Drive College Park, Maryland 20742 | Join volunteers and the UMD Arboretum and Botanical Gardens to remove invasive plants. This opportunity includes:
Removing these species will improve the health of our native trees and plants, as well... | 20/20 | Over |
| Remove Invasive Species at Calvert Park | 8:30am (ET) | 12:00pm (ET) | 4812 Erskine Road College Park, MD 20740 | Join volunteers in removing invasive species at Calvert Park! Volunteers should wear closed toe shoes, long pants, and long sleeves. All materials and instruction will be provided. This project was nominated by the Office of Prince George's County District 3 Council Member Eric C. Olson | 7/8 | Over |
| Sort + Pack Food Drive Donations at Herbert W. Wells Ice Rink Parking Lot | 9:00am (ET) | 12:30pm (ET) | 5211 Campus Drive College Park, Maryland 20740 Herbert Wells Ice Rink | Join the College Park City-University Partnership in supporting a community food drive by helping with collection and distribution efforts. Volunteers will:
With the guidance of the project coordinator, you’ll play an important role in... | 63/64 | Over |
| Table for Colorectal Cancer Awareness at Hollywood Farmers Market | 10:00am (ET) | 2:00pm (ET) | 9803 Rhode Island Avenue College Park, Maryland 20740 Mom's Organic Parking Lot | Join volunteers in speaking with community members about colorectal cancer and handing out screening | 4/10 | Over |
| Terps Against Hunger @ Nyumburu Shift 1 | 10:00am (ET) | 11:15am (ET) | 4018 Campus Drive College Park, Maryland 20742 Nyumburu Cultural Center | Join Terps Against Hunger in packing wholesome rice meals for food banks, shelters and pantries in the DC-Metro area. | 60/60 | Over |
| Terps Against Hunger @ Nyumburu Shift 2 | 11:00am (ET) | 12:15pm (ET) | 4018 Campus Drive College Park, Maryland 20742 Nyumburu Cultural Center | Join Terps Against Hunger in packing wholesome rice meals for food banks, shelters and pantries in the DC-Metro area. | 60/60 | Over |
| Terps Against Hunger @ Nyumburu Shift 3 | 12:00pm (ET) | 1:15pm (ET) | 4018 Campus Drive College Park, Maryland 20742 Nyumburu Cultural Center | Join Terps Against Hunger in packing wholesome rice meals for food banks, shelters and pantries in the DC-Metro area. | 60/60 | Over |
| Terps Against Hunger @ Nyumburu Shift 4 | 1:00pm (ET) | 2:15pm (ET) | 4018 Campus Drive College Park, Maryland 20742 Nyumburu Cultural Center | Join Terps Against Hunger in packing wholesome rice meals for food banks, shelters and pantries in the DC-Metro area. | 60/60 | Over |
1 - 1 of 1 Shifts
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
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| Good Neighbor Day 2026 Food Collection | 5:00pm (ET) | 7:00pm (ET) | 5211 Campus Drive College Park, Maryland 20740 | 0/20 | Over |
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