Tampa, Florida – On April 22, 2017, as part of the Earth Day celebration Miraists in the city of Tampa, gathered to embellish Copeland Park.More than 100 MIRA USA volunteers from the cities of Tampa, Clearwater, Orlando, Kissimmee, Ocala, Poinciana, Deltona and Lake Mary gathered at 8 am to kick off the activity, which was carried out with the support of Keeping Tampa Bay Beautiful and Telemundo Tampa.

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Miraists of all ages were divided into groups to remove litter along the territory of the park that boasts an extensive system of both asphalt and nature trails. The exercise/fitness trail traverses through natural wooded areas and across boardwalks through wetlands. The asphalt trail is approximately one mile in length.

Also, volunteers embellished the entrance of the park by removing the dead plants from the ground and removing the accumulated soil to leave the entry of the park clean and ready to plant other plants.

Similarly, another group of volunteers cleaned the playground area and embellished it with florid bark so children can feel comfortable and enjoy playing with their family and friends.

They also beautified the trails and sides of the park by clearing the ground to release the weeds and organizing the roads so that people do not fall when they walk on the asphalt. 

Finally, the children and young Miraists had the opportunity to plant a tree in the garden of the park. This tree is symbolic because it can give oxygen to up to 10 people for a year, and it is also the grain of sand that MIRA USA contributed in the city of Tampa to protect our mother earth.