Environmental Projects:

The Freedom District Lions Club takes on several environmental projects.  For example, we purchased an offspring of the Wye Oak tree (oldest tree in Maryland) and planted it in Eldersburg.  We also planted an offspring of the Liberty tree at Messiah Lutheran Church as part of a District 22-W environmental project.  We have donated a bench to each of the three county parks in our area.  We also engage in environmental clean ups – such as joining the Friends of Liberty Reservoir in monthly trail clean up walks around the reservoir, clearing horse trails on the back side of Piney Run Park and Morgan Run and a Lions family clean up day at the Sykesville Freedom District Fire Department grounds.  We also do regularly environmental clean up efforts that are discussed below.

Road Clean Up:  For over 10 years, the Freedom District Lions Club has picked up litter along Route 32 between the bridge over Liberty Reservoir north to Bollinger Road under the State of Maryland Adopt a Highway program.  We collect the trash at least 4 times a year on a Saturday morning.  

Park Clean Up:  FDLC adopted Freedom Park on Raincliffe Road to help care for this green space area in our community. Our primary responsibilities as a club are to pick up trash where people congregate in the park and to report any issues such as trees being down or damage to Carroll County Department of Parks & Recreation.

Beginning Tuesday, September 21, 2021, club members have been meeting weekly at Freedom Park to participate as a group in walking around the park cleaning up some trash and checking on things. It also serves as a nice way to get a little exercise in the fresh air. The group meets at the first parking lot on the left as you enter the park.

Members have been picking up trash weekly during seasons of active use and will continue to do so at least monthly during the year they will collect trash throughout the entire park.  Generally, from the trash collected, a significant amount comes particularly from the sports fields bleachers area, and the grassy area in the parking lots.

Since its first meet up in September, we have seen increased number of attendance every week. We are optimistic that this clean up will continue to be a regular part of FDLC calendar.