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About the 41st Annual Friends of the Parks Day & The Great Cape Clean Up

On Saturday, April 18, 2026, the City of Cape Girardeau Parks & Recreation Department will host the 41st Annual Friends of the Parks Day and the Great Cape Clean Up, an annual park beautification event. This event requires many volunteers to plant flower beds, mulch playgrounds, paint playground equipment and much more in various Cape Girardeau parks. Volunteers are provided lunch and a t-shirt (sizes not guaranteed & supplies are limited).

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. at Capaha Park Shelter #3, and this event will conclude at 12:00 p.m. 

The address for Capaha Park is 1400 Broadway St, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701.

Please contact 573-339-6340 to register! If your group wishes to work at a specific park, please contact Kaed Horrell at khorrell@cityofcape.org or 573-339-6729. Click here to view the full list of parks.

A child uses a small garden tool to plant flowers in a park bed during the 40th Annual Friends of the Parks Day and The Great Cape Clean Up.
A young child kneels at a park garden bed, using a small hand tool to dig and help plant during the 40th Annual Friends of the Parks Day and The Great Cape Clean Up.
A child rakes wood chips on a playground while other volunteers work nearby, helping maintain the park during the Friends of the Parks Day and Great Cape Clean Up.
Children and adults kneel together planting shrubs and flowers in a park garden during the Friends of the Parks Day and Great Cape Clean Up.
Volunteers kneel around a raised garden bed to plant seedlings together during the 40th Annual Friends of the Parks Day and The Great Cape Clean Up.

Thank you to our corporate sponsors!

Friday 8/14/26 trash and recycling routes will begin at 6:30 AM due to staffing shortage

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