More than 200 people volunteered for a day of cleaning many of the City's 23 parks in an Earth Day event organized into 12 teams by the Fall River Park Advocates, a group dedicated to improving Fall River's parks and open spaces and Mayor Will Flanagan. Mass In Motion coordinator Julianne Kelly was on hand to record the many hands who pulled out trash and other detritus from each location. Park Advocacy Coordinator Sandy Dennis organized more than a dozen groups who pitched in for the morning. Mass In Motion hosted a noon-time cook-out at Kennedy Park served by staff from Community Development Recreation for all of the volunteers. For more information about the Urban Parks Advocates Network contact Mass In Motion coordinator Julianne Kelly at 508-324-2405. (Photos courtesy of Julianne Kelly) 

(Top row, left) Volunteers from the Boys & Girls Club. (Top row, center) Dawn Nardi from Seven Hills Behavioral Health and Deb Almeida from D.A. Sam Sutter's Office. (Top row, right) Helen Rego, Dave Dennis, Jeff Gregory, Brian Curt and Sandy Dennis. (Second row, left) Tyler Thomas, Andrew MacMurray, Lauren MacMurray, and Vanessa Thomas of Christ Temple in Tiverton at Lafayette Park. (Second row, center) Cathy Ann Viveiros, Lenny Graham, and Manuela Senay at North Park. (Second row, right) Sydney and Chloe Palmer and Durfee National Honor Society students Selina Leboeuf and Emily Mello. (Third row, left) Liz Erdmann and Becky O'Neil at Lafayette Park. (Third row, center) Zachery Belmore and Kim Lima from Family Service Association. (Third row, right) Kristen Gunderson and Stacie Rodrigues. (Fourth row, left) Volunteers from Fall River Gas Company, who donated $500 to the clean-up. and others gather at North Park. (Fourth row, center) Frank Andrade and the Marine Cadets of Massachusetts at Kennedy Park. (Fourth row, right) Fall River Gas Company volunteers included Matt Zenni, Vincent Duffy, Maria LaVault, Joey Lopes, Doug Partington, James Carey, Jeanne Cherry, and Paula Silva. (Bottom row, left) Dave, Rochelle and Laura Gaudette at Cook Pond. (Bottom row, center) Fall River DPW staff and volunteers pick up full bags at Kennedy Park. (Bottom row, right) Volunteers from CD-Recreation help with serving lunch.