City of Sarasota Parks & Recreation District
September is HERE!
September is National Pollinator Month!
Parks for Pollinators is a national campaign to raise awareness and community involvement in the pollinator crisis through local parks and recreation.

Throughout the month of September, the City of Sarasota Parks and Recreation District will be posting exciting facts and photographs that highlight our local pollinators and pollinator-friendly plants. "Bee" sure to follow us on social media!
The City of Sarasota Parks and Recreation District is also excited to announce their very first Parks for Pollinators BioBlitz Contest!
Let's see how many pollinator species can be documented, this September, inside the City of Sarasota Parks!

EASY TO PARTICIPATE
With the iNaturalist app, you just take a picture of a pollinator (bee, butterfly, bat, etc.) or pollinator-friendly plant, and the community will help identify the species.

You can participate by exploring the nature and wildlife in any of the City of Sarasota Parks. For the Parks for Pollinator BioBlitz, please include: Butterflies, Moths, Ants, Bees, Wasps, Sawflies, Flies, Bats, Beetles, Hummingbirds and Pollinator-Friendly Flowering Plants. Only these observations will count during our event.

Locate your cell phones iNaturalist app download option below.
Once your signed-up find the BioBlitz titled

Winners will be announced Thursday, October 1, 2020! Prizes Coming Soon!
Bobby Jones Golf Club
Bobby Jones Blood Drive

Join us at Bobby Jones Golf Club on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 for our September Blood Drive! OneBlood will be available on location from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. Please note the last appointment time is 3:45 pm.

Get a FREE COVID-19 antibody test*! Appointments are required.


All donors will receive two pairs of OneBlood Cancer Awareness Socks & a $10 eGift Card! Plus, a wellness checkup including COVID-19 antibody test, blood pressure, temperature, iron count, pulse and cholesterol screening! The first 20 donors will receive a special gift from Kendra Scott at UTC Mall!

Do not present to donate if you have a fever. You must wait at least 14 days before donating if you have been exposed to someone who has or may have COVID-19, have recently been tested and are pending test results for COVID-19 or if you have a confirmed active case of COVID-19.

When visiting please note that wearing a mask is required, follow CDC Guidelines such as social distancing, limit large gatherings (no more than 10 people) and staying at home if you are sick. For more details about CDC Guidelines visit: https://www.cdc.gov/
 
*With blood donation.
Open Job Positions
Now Hiring!

We have two full-time positions available!
Come work with the City of Sarasota Parks & Recreation District!⠀
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✔️ Full-Time Lifeguard l - Arlington Park & Aquatic Complex
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✔️ Custodial/Maintenance Tech III - Payne Park Tennis Center
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What's Open & Closed
Labor Day Weekend: September 5 - 7, 2020

Closed:


Open:
6 am to 6 pm. Golf courses are closed until early 2022 for planned renovations.

Playgrounds, boat ramps, dog parks, fishing piers, North Lido Beach, outdoor basketball courts, outdoor spaces, outdoor fitness centers and outdoor tennis courts.
Census 2020
Get Counted!
WHAT IS THE 2020 CENSUS?⠀
Every ten years the census records everyone living in the United States. This questionnaire can be used to help shape funding for fire stations, schools, and more in your community.

HOW DO I TAKE THE 2020 CENSUS?

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To learn more visit: https://my2020census.gov/
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