Annual Clean Valley Day
March 27, 2010

Believe it or not, it is already time for
the 2010 Clean Valley Day.

Registration form is here.

Please watch this video recently on WDBJ 7 regarding the importance
of this event. The Legacy of Ann Masters

It's a VDOT orange bag at the roadside.

What that means is the trash you see on the streets, byways, walkways, waterways and in parks and on paths is YOURS.  You may not have thrown it there, but by default it is yours to deal with. I believe this because if you care – just imagine how beautiful our region would be if we ALL just pitched in a little bit more and we were shiny clean. If each business/homeowner checked their front walks or parking lots every morning and picked up the litter...what a beautiful place this would be. (I know; song lyrics.)

                                                 What can you do?

The activities are a plentiful. You can adopt a spot. You may plant a tree. You may help a neighbor. You might build a community team to pick up an entire block or street. There are alleys in need of trash removal. How about your neighborhood park? Stream? Creek? Greenway? Clean the City gateway/entryway. Plant a neighborhood garden. See. Lots to do.

Get out those company/church/scout t-shirts and promote the business.

Plan a picnic at the end of the project. Promote your stewardship to the public. If your street is littered – it is not a pleasant place to visit. If your fast food property is filled with litter, YUCK! It is a fact this time of year- litter is out there. Clean it up. Have fun. Work together.

Litter. It Just Isn’t Natural.

All across Virginia this spring folks are doing a clean up. Litter – It Just Isn’t Natural is the first statewide campaign in 10 years. Our clean up is 30 years old. Be one of our hundreds... VOLUNTEER!

How to begin?

You will need to pre register. Choose your team. Pick your target for clean up. Think safety issues for your team. (No big highways or deep waters for youth.) When you register, you will receive bags and gloves and a tiny gift. Your trash will be collected in most cases by your government trucks.

Who helps?

The partners are Volunteers, Orvis, Clean Valley Council, the Roanoke Times, the Roanoke Valley Resource Authority, VDOT, the counties of Botetourt and Roanoke, the City of Roanoke, City of Salem and the Town of Vinton.

Registration Information

Call Clean Valley Council at 540-345-5523, or come to the Clean Valley Council offices at the Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Avenue, Suite 319.

Clean Valley Day 2009 Recap

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