Help prepare the Lock 32 Paddling Center for Spring opening

Get Connected Icon Happens On May 21, 2026
Get Connected Icon 8:00-3:00

Description

The Lock 32 Paddling center only man-made White Water Paddling Center in New York State

At the Lock 32 Paddling center children and adults learn how to whitewater kayak and practice their skills

Help make the white water park more park like.

Volunteering at this need will provide you with a workout!

Primary tasks are:

* Spreading 4 dump truck loads of  Mulch Across all trails and paths in the Lock 32 Paddling Center,

* Dragging cut brush from the sides of the whitewater course and the canal bank near the flatwater rental dock to a central brush pile in the parking lot.

* Spring Cleaning of the office building and trailer.

* Applying a second coat of paint to the office building.

* General Pick of litter that has accumulated around the property during the winter

(Tasks subject to change depending on weather)

The schedule for 21-May-26 will be

  • 8 am – meet-n-greet, orientation, task assignment.
  • 9 am – work starts
  • 12 pm – break for lunch. Pizza will be provided.
  • 1 pm – work resumes
  • 2:30 pm – clean-up/pack up starts
  • 3:00 pm – after volunteer day refreshments

Directions

The Lock 32 Paddling Center is located at  2797 Clover Street, Pittsford, NY, 14534 and is well marked on Google Maps and Waze. I can’t vouch for other navigation applications.

The paddling center entrance is on the west side of Clover Street, South of the Erie Canal. Think just north of the YMCA at the intersection of Clover & Jefferson.

YOU DO NOT WANT TO GO to the New York State Lock 32 Canal Park/Erie Canal Heritage trail access accessed from the intersection of Clover St. and on the Northwest side of the canal with an entrance at the intersection of Framingham Lane and Clover St. This is on the opposite side of the Erie canal from the Lock-32 Paddling center!

You also do not want to down the driveway that runs south of the canal and goes to the lock keeper's house. There is a sign "NOT THE KAYAK PARK" on the driveway to lock keeper's house. 

 

Details

Get Connected Icon Q: County
A: Monroe
Get Connected Icon Q: Will lunch be provided?
A: Yes
Get Connected Icon Q: County
A: Monroe
Get Connected Icon Q: Will lunch be provided?
A: Yes
Get Connected Icon 18 and older
Get Connected Icon Is Family Friendly
Get Connected Icon Register by May 14, 2026
Get Connected Icon Is Outdoors
Inclement Weather Plan: Event Occurs Rain or Shine. Dress appropriately. If rain is forecast, please bring rain gear, a change of clothes, shoes, and a towel. In all they years I have been organizing UW DOC at Lock 32 we have never had an all-day rain-out but there have been some pop-up torrential down pours.
Get Connected Icon Is Not Wheelchair Accessible
Get Connected Icon Wear Closed Toe Shoes, Bring Gloves, Sun Screen, Bug Repellent
Get Connected Icon Pizza for Lunch & Bottled Water Will be Provided

Location

Get Connected Icon 2797 Clover Street
Pittsford, NY  14534