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FOLQ's Autumn Calendar

FOLQ is all over the place this autumn! Wakefield Farmer’s Market, Fall Lakeshore Cleanup, Town Day on the Common, and more! Check out our full lineup of events. Please stop by our tables and say hello. You can also volunteer at the Lake. We hope to see you out there!

View the full calendar here.

(photo courtesy of Greg Anderson)

Volunteer with FOLQ: Invasive Plant Removals

FOLQ volunteers remove invasive species at Lake Quannapowitt

FOLQ will be getting some fresh air and making a real impact by removing invasive plant species along the lakeshore and you’re invited! No previous experience is necessary, but enjoying hands-on gardening is important.

View dates and details here.

Save the Date: Annual Breakfast

FOLQ Annual Breakfast Save the Date 2025

Support FOLQ, enjoy a delicious breakfast, learn about how FOLQ protects and enhances Lake Quannapowitt and how you can get involved, see old friends, and make new ones! Come and go as you please anytime between 8:00am and 11:00am.

Save the Date: Sunday, 11/16/2025
Tickets on sale in October

Volunteer with FOLQ

FOLQ volunteers

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.

Learn more here.

Bricks for the Holidays ๐ŸŽ€๐ŸŽ€๐ŸŽ€๐ŸŽ€

Now through December 1st,ย order a custom-engraved brickย to be embedded at Col. Connelly Park at Lake Quannapowitt. All funds generated by brick purchases are dedicated toward improving parklands around the lake.

๐ŸŽ€๐Ÿงฑย Learn more about the Bricks by the Lake Program and how to order here!

Become a Member or Donate

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.

Become a member orย donate.

Friends of Lake Quannapowitt
mail@folq.org
(781) 486-3795

P.O. Box 517, Wakefield MA 01880

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