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Sarasota BMX board president Jon Doty serves as announcer.

Riders and parents prepare for the race for 2-5 year olds.

Daylen Cass is ready to roll.

Levi Webb, 10, adjusts his tire.

Eli, Brad, Julie and Mila Cutler

Harvey Sicora rounds the track.

Campers play with dogs and cats.

Lilly Allison, 10, takes care of a kitten.

Aiden Frappier plays with a puppy.

Leonardo the tortoise

Ean Watson, 8 plays with a kitty.

Paloma Sirianni, 9 and Ean Watson, 8 play with a kitty.

Lily Allison, 10, plays with a bunny

Volunteer Julia Reedy brings out Peaches the rabbit.

Noah Greber pays attention to the shelter's tortoise.

Campers play with dogs and cats.

Aiden Frappier, 8 with McKenna Metzger and Morgan Metz

Fiona Konrath, 11 plays with a kitty.

Kate Watson, 10 and Annie Riley, 9.

Kayden Mallow, 5, plays with a guinea pig.

Levi Bolenski, 6, plays with Squeak.

Campers prepare to play with the kittens.

Linda Gidel stomps on a shovel.

Sherry Dominick

Sherry Dominick settles a Mexican petunia into its new home.

Jim Brown dumps a shovel of dirt away.

Steve Branham digs another hole.

Beth Roth prepares to drop a Mexican petunia into its new home.

Beth Roth, Dee Harmer and Tom Harmer plan to plant.

Ana Salgado and Petra Danielson

Marcia Schaub and Jim Brown

Lyn and Mike Haycock

Cyndi Seamon lifts another shovel of dirt out to make way for a plant.

Cyndi Seamon breaks up the ground.

Club volunteers spread out to tackle the mass of plants.

Susan Phillips gathers empty plant buckets.

Ron Doerr

Ron Doerr rests on his shovel after fighting with a root.

In all, 18 volunteers showed up to get the plants in the ground.

Volunteer Tim Thurman, right, hands out a bird scavenger hunt to Gus, Summer and Lucille Delauro.

Volunteers Heather and Ray Sellers, Alison Albee, Tim Thurman, operations manager Jocelyn Shearer, volunteer Dave Thomas and volunteer Cyndi Seamon.

Emily and Tabb Waters

Cheryl Casper with Audriana, Zachary and Stacy Peek

Elia Shaw

A ring-billed gull

Tricia Stirling and Forest Paradise

Jonathan Hande and Madilynn Scott give a bird presentation with Buck the red-tailed hawk.

Madilynn Scott and Buck the red-tailed hawk.