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The second annual “I Love My Schenectady Parks Day” will be held this Saturday for volunteers to help cleanup at nine parks in the city.

The Schenectady parks chosen as part of the event include the Central Park Greenhouse, Riverside Park, Steinmetz Park, Woodlawn Park, Woodlawn Preserve, Jerry Burrell Park, Hillhurst Park, Wallingford Park and Vale.

People can sign up to participate at www.cityofschenectady.com/475/I-Love-My-Parks.

The event will take place at the Central Park Greenhouse from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Riverside from 9 a.m. to noon, at Steinmetz from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at Woodlawn Park from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Woodlawn Preserve from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Hillhurst from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Wallingford from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and at Vale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The time at Jerry Burrell Park is to be determined.

Supplies will be provided at each park location. People are encouraged to bring gloves.

Last year, Schenectady’s first event drew about 100 volunteers who collected more than 250 bags of yard waste and more than 1.23 tons of trash and debris along with piles of limbs and sticks.

The event is part of the state’s “I Love My Park Day” campaign, which started five years ago to encourage volunteer efforts to cleanup, improve and beautify state-owned parks.

Reach Gazette reporter Haley Viccaro at 395-3114, [email protected] or @HRViccaro on Twitter.