How a specialty beer raises thousands of dollars for Austin parks each year

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Twice a year, every year for the last two decades, thousands of people dedicate hours of volunteer work to Austin's parks.

It's My Park Day is Austin Parks Foundation's biannual, community-led day of service. It's held on the first Saturday of each November and March. Volunteers gather to help improve community parks through doing work like litter cleanup, tree mulching, and invasive species management, according to APF's website.

Colin Wallis, CEO of the Austin Parks Foundation, said volunteers work on projects in hundreds of parks across Austin during It's My Park Day. "We're doing work all over Austin, in parks in your neighborhood, my neighborhood, and everybody's neighborhood," he said.

Wallis estimated that about 4,000 people were out participating in the effort o