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Annual Clean Valley Day
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Roanoke
City Sheriff's Department organized this work effort on Marshall Avenue.
What
is the first sign of spring? The robin you say? Not. 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 29 years old.
Be one of our hundreds...
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,
email
or come to the Clean Valley Council offices at the Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Avenue, Suite
319.
Clean Valley Day is the area's largest annual volunteer clean up effort. Collection last year involved 80 teams and over 1600 volunteers who collected 126 tons of litter. Call it responsibility, passion or pride - this is not only a day to spruce up the Valley but to educate about litter control and civic pride.
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