Projects and Programs
Great American Cleanup
Events listed below will
provide the following for volunteers: gloves, Glad ForceFlex
bags and refreshments from Dunkin' Donuts courtesy of Dan's
Management, a Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin-Robbins franchisee.
2008 Schedule
May 17, 2008 9 am - 1
pm
Tire Round Up
More Info
April 12 and 19
E-Waste and
Recycling Event
More Info
Saturday, April 19, 2008
9am-1pm
Blackstone River
Earth Day 2008
A river and bikepath
cleanup of various areas along the Blackstone River in
Woonsocket, Lincoln and Cumberland.
Meeting place:
Manville Dam
This event is organized by the
Blackstone River Watershed Council/Friends of the Blackstone.
For more information, contact Keith Hainley (301-3761 or
khainley@verizon.net).
Saturday, April 19, 2008 9am
Burrillville: Annual Burrillville Earth Day Clean-Up
Burrillville Lions Club
Meeting place:
Burrillville Public Works Garage
This cleanup is organized by
the Burrillville Lions Club, Burrillville Department of Public
Works, Burrillville Parks & Recreation
For more information please
contact Janice Kaplan (jakaplan05@netscape.net, 401-568-0203).
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Cumberland/Lincoln: The Valley Breeze Yellow Bag Day
A litter cleanup of Cumberland and Lincoln
Community members can register
to clean up areas designated areas or areas of their choice.
Volunteers go out on their own the day of the event and clean
their area.
For Cumberland: contact Tom
Ward at The Valley Breeze –
tward@valleybreeze.com
or 334-9555.
For Lincoln: contact Candice at
the Lincoln Town Hall by calling 333-8418 to pick up bags for an
area of your choice or to be assigned an area. The day of the
event, bags can also be picked up at the Lincoln Public Works
Garage at 96 Old River Road from 8am-10am.
Also: see Blackstone River
Cleanup below
Saturday, April 19 from
8am-12pm
Ballou Cemetery
Earth Day 2008
A litter cleanup of the Ballou Cemetery
Meeting place:
Ballou Cemetery, Elder Ballou Meeting House Rd., Cumberland
This cleanup is organized by
the Friends of the Ballou Cemetery. For more information,
contact Mike Scalzi (333-5358) or leave a message or
mscalzi@cox.net)
Glocester
No event planned at this time. Contact Keep Blackstone Valley
Beautiful if you would like to do a litter clean up in
Glocester.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Blackstone River Cleanup: Blackstone River Earth Day 2008
A river and bike path
cleanup of various areas along the Blackstone River in
Woonsocket, Lincoln and Cumberland.
This event is organized by the
Blackstone River Watershed Council/Friends of the Blackstone.
For more information, contact Keith Hainley (301-3761
or khainley@verizon.net).
Saturday, March 29, 2008
from 8am-12pm
North Smithfield:
North Smithfield Hazardous Waste & E-waste Collection Day
Location:
North Smithfield High
School, 412 Greenville Rd.
This event is sponsored by the
North Smithfield Department of Public Works.
For more information, contact
Donna Kaehler (logroad@cox.net, 641-9018)
Saturday, April 26, 2008
9:30 am
Pawtucket & Central Falls: Keep Our Neighborhood Beautiful:
Pawtucket and Central Falls Celebrate Earth Day
A clean up and
beautification day
This cleanup is organized by
the City of Pawtucket, City of Central Falls, The Pawtucket
Foundation, Pawtucket Citizen’s Development Corporation, City
Year’s Global Youth Service Day, Blackstone Valley Tourism
Council, Keep Blackstone Valley Beautiful and the Great American
Cleanup, the Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket and Pawtucket Weed
and Seed.
Meeting place:
Barton Street Community Garden on the corner of Broad
St. and Nickerson in Pawtucket
For more information, contact:
Shandi Brown, Pawtucket Citizens Development Corporation –
726-1173 x118,
shandibrown@pawtucketcdc.com
Saturday, April 26, 2008
9 am - 1:30 pm
Central Falls Cleanup: A litter cleanup of Jenks Park
This event is organized by the
City of Central Falls Parks & Recreation Department and Channel
One/Ralph J. Holden Community Center.
Meeting place:
Jenk’s Park, Broad St adjacent to city hall
For more information, contact
Tony Tager at Central Falls Parks & Recreation Department
(727-7455 or
cfrecreation@centralfallsri.us)
April 2008
Dr. Earl F. Calcutt Middle School Litter Cleanup Service
Learning Project
The school will be cleaning up
the litter in the City of Central Falls. This event is closed to
the public.
Saturday April 19, 2008
(Rain or shine) from 9am-1pm
Smithfield Earth Day Cleanup
A litter cleanup of
roads and shoreline
Meeting place: Leo
Bouchard Conservation Center, 225 Pleasant View Avenue (behind
the Smithfield Police station)
This event is organized by
Smithfield Conservation Commission, Smithfield Land Trust, Boy
Scouts
For more information, please
contact Sandra Mayer (sandym1210@cox.net
or 401-232-5075)
Saturday, April 26 from
8am-1pm
Shred-It
Event
Free shredding of personal documents for Blackstone Valley
residents
Smithfield Public Works Garage, 3 Spragueville Road
This event is sponsored by the
Town of Smithfield.
The Town of Smithfield is
sponsoring a Shred-it event to encourage proper disposal of
paper and to highlight the importance of recycling in the effort
to preserve trees. Residents of the Blackstone Valley are
invited to bring up to 3 bankers boxes of personal documents to
be shred for free on site at the Smithfield Department of Public
Works Garage (3 Spragueville Road) on Saturday, April 26 from
8am until 1 pm. Residents will be encouraged to bring materials
to be shred in cardboard boxes that can also be recycled at the
event.
For more information, visit
here or
call Gina Barbeau at (401) 233-1034.
May 3, 2008 (Rain or shine)
10 am - 1 pm
Smithfield Tree Day (Environmental Education Fair)
Purchase trees,
demonstrations, and environmental awareness information.
Meeting Place:
Deerfield Park (entrance at the end of Deerfield Drive),
Smithfield
Town residents can pick up free
evergreen seedlings and purchase flowering bushes at a discount
price. The Environmental Education Fair will have local groups
displaying information on conservation and green issues.
For more information, please
contact Sandra Mayer (sandym1210@cox.net
or 401-232-5075)
April 15, 2008
Woonsocket: City of
Woonsocket Cleanup
This event is organized by
NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley and is a private event.
To volunteer for
any of these events, call the contact person listed or contact
Emily Soergel.
To hold your own
event, also contact Emily.
Blackstone Valley 2007
Great American Cleanup Results
Over 1,000 volunteers, spent
3,300 hours, collecting 120 tons of trash, along 85 miles of
roads, river and shoreline, and hiking and biking trails.
Five beautification projects
were completed, four community and commercial buildings were
improved, 350 acres of public land, wetlands, and parks were
cleaned and improved.
Beautification was apparent
with 485 flowers and 700 new trees being planted.
Great job to everyone that
participated we look forward to making the 2008 Great American
Cleanup even more successful!
See Tire Round Up Event Info |
See E-Waste and Recycling Event Info
2007 Event Info
