Every few weeks, volunteers gather for "Clean-Up Mornings" to help maintain the run, discuss ideas, and tighten up fixtures while the dogs carry on as usual.

It's also time to give thanks to New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, our Park Commissioners and District Manager Mike, the staff at Tompkins (especially Harry, Amy, Michael, Evelyn, Trevor & Shirley) as well the folks at Partnership for Parks, Adopt-A-Parks and Capital Projects who made our newly restored run a reality and daily orchestrate nothing short of a renaissance of our entire park system. Thanks.

Volunteers in the small dog run pose for a picture

Wess moving sand to fill in the truck entrance

Michael & Evelyn load up the truck with plants for the new Lindsay Ashe Garden

Dog run users filing in holes and raking the sand back from the edges

Cathy and Garrett planting bulbs -- 800 more to go

The truck full of plants from Bissett nursery donated by the family and friends of Lindsay Ashe

Eric and Chili help build some new steps to keep the sand from spilling out the entrance

Filling in holes beneath the park benches