Friends of Lake Quannapowitt has a lot going on this spring! From lake cleanups to invasive plant removals, watershed field trips, and our annual meeting and dinner, there’s something for everyone.
(photo courtesy of Greg Anderson)
Tickets on sale now! All community members are welcome to attend our Annual Meeting & Dinner on Thursday, May 22 at 5:30 pm at Bear Hill Golf Club in Stoneham. This year’s educational guest speaker will be the team of landscapers for the CC&F development at 200-400 Quannapowitt Parkway. Learn about their park and pathway design, native plant selections, invasive plant removals, and stormwater management for a healthier lake. Details and tickets here!
Since early 2024, FOLQ has been working on a program to install fishing line recycling receptacles around Lake Quannapowitt. Receptacles will be installed this spring. Any fishing line, lures, bobbers, and hooks found around the lake can be placed in the receptacles. FOLQ will empty the bins regularly throughout the year.
FOLQ is a 100% volunteer organization and is always looking for new people who would be interested in supporting clean up, conservation, and beautification efforts around the lake. Consider some of the ways you might lend a hand at Lake Quannapowitt! Most of our volunteer options are family-friendly.
Initiated in 2006, Bricks by the Lake is a program that raises funds for improvements in lakeside parklands while also enabling personal memorials on engraved bricks located. This wonderful program allows the public to purchase an engraved brick to be installed around the flagpole at Col. Connelly Park.
FOLQ Membership is what drives the organization. Your membership provides financial support for our organization, keeps you informed of our activities, invites you to our annual events, and helps secures its future. And individual donations from private individuals, civic groups, corporations, and foundations are vitally important to helping to renew, care, and advocate for the Lake and its surrounding valuable public green spaces.