Will you support FOYC in 2016?

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It is that time of the year again! Time to join or renew your membership in Friends of Yellow Creek. If you came to the park last year and enjoyed your visit, attended any of the free programs, or just want to help support projects in the park year round from working on trails, improving the children’s play areas, buying new tables, planting trees, rebuilding the sailing area, to just about anything that will help the park be a better place to visit. We know you are really busy but hope that you could take just a few minutes of your time to write that check and become a member.

We want to thank you for your support in past years that has allowed us to be able to do all the things we have accomplished and thank you in advance for your continued support to help us continue to provide services to our community.

General Membership Levels: Individual $12; Family $15; Community Sailing $100. Please send your membership to FOYC, P.O. Box 140, Indiana, PA 15701 with your contact information: Name, Address, email, phone number.

See www.friendsofyellowcreek.org for more opportunities to get involved.

Prefer to donate online, visit our “Join” page on the website and use Mastercard or Visa: https://www.friendsofyellowcreek.org/join-or-make-a-donation/

THANK YOU!

 

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Volunteers Improve the Park Through Trail Work

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Ibrush-clearingf you are a mountain biker, you know that Yellow Creek State Park is noted for its extensive 20-mile, single-track trail system. Groups like YC Monthly have regular races, and LHORBA conducts regular group rides.

What you may not know is that many of these trails were created, and are actively maintained or improved by FOYC/LHORBA volunteers. These volunteers work with the park manager to identify needed drainage projects, locations for bridges, and clearing tree-falls.

Thanks to all the mountain bikers who help keep Yellow Creek a welcoming park for those enjoying outdoor exercise!

 

 

Fry Fostered, Eagle Scouted

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Thanks and congratulation to Garrett Strittmatter, soon to be an Eagle Scout. His project will help improve the habit for young fish, including those stocked by PA Fish and Game at Yellow Creek Park.  Eagle Scout candidates, propose, design, raise funds and implement projects.  This project was welcomed by Park Manager Jim Tweardy, and the Friends of Yellow Creek was pleased to be able to provide funding for the materials.

 

The structure, which replace or augment those installed decades past, help young fish to hide out from larger predators.  The construction of the lake back in 1969 stripped the bottom of the variations which would ordinarily provide natural shelter for fish fry.

 

Thanks Garrett. And thanks to the members and donors to Friends of Yellow Creek. Your support makes it possible for FOYC to fund such projects.

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Programs at the Park in July!

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SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2015 – BEGINNING ORIENTEERING

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM – Meet beside Lakeview Pavilion (Main Day-Use Area)

 Join Jim Wolfe, President of the Western PA Orienteering Club.  Learn to read a map, basic compass skills and how the sport of orienteering works. This introduction will be followed by an exercise in which participants use their new skills to find marked locations in the park. There will be approximately 30 minutes of instruction and 60 minutes of exercise.  (Friends of the Parks program)

 

SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2015 – VENOMOUS SNAKES OF PA

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM – Environmental Learning Classroom

 Don’t let their scales and appearance fool you…snakes play an important role in the environment.  Find out what’s real and what’s not, from the poisonous to the perfectly harmless and much, much more.    Live snakes will be on hand, so don’t miss out on this grand opportunity.  (Friends of the Parks program)

 

Park Road Repair – Notice 5/12-17

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The access road the FOYC Sailing Base is being repaired over the course of this week.  During that time, there will be no vehicular access to the base area.  (Walk-in may be possible) Access should be restored by Monday 5/18.  This should result in a major improvement in the road condition.

Open Meetings

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Volunteers get together once a month to plan FOYC projects and identify park needs. The FOYC board provides leadership but all FOYC members and prospective members are welcome to attend.  Come see what FOYC is about. Share your perspectives. Find out how you too can contribute to the improvement of Yellow Creek State Park.  See meeting schedule on the main calendar.  Meetings are generally held in the Dragonfly Classroom building at the park.