Community Clean Team crew to be out in force on Saturday
For immediate release: May 20, 2016
Contact: Rachel Gordon, Public Works, 415-554-6045
COMMUNITY CLEAN TEAM CREW TO BE OUT IN FORCE ON SATURDAY
Volunteers to Beautify Parks, Streets and Schools
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – More than 200 volunteers are expected to join Public Works and other City agencies on Saturday at the Community Clean Team workday event to beautify and clean coastal parks, schools and streets in Hunters Point, Dogpatch and other District 10 neighborhoods.
What: Community Clean Team District 10 cleanup
Date: Saturday, May 21, 2016
Time: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. (speaking program starts at 9 a.m.)
Location: Kickoff at Heron’s Head Park (Cargo Way at Jennings Street)
Who: Community volunteers and City crews
Community Clean Team is Public Works’ largest and longest-running volunteer program. Established in 2000, Community Clean Team has since logged more than 165,000 volunteer hours, added more than 33,500 plants to public spaces and removed more than 3.5 million square feet of graffiti. The monthly volunteer events are a joyful and rewarding experience for participants to plant trees, remove weeds, landscape medians, abate graffiti, and pick up litter to make our neighborhoods shine. Participants share in a communal meal at the end of the workday. Photo opportunities at Saturday’s event include:
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Sprucing up Warm Water Cove at the eastern end of 24th Street
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Beautifying Heron’s Head Park
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Weeding and pruning Evans Avenue median
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Removing trash from Tunnel Top Park, 25th and Pennsylvania streets
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Cleaning up the grounds at George Washington Carver Elementary School and Gloria Davis Middle School
Information about volunteering opportunities can be found at http://sfpublicworks.org/get_involved/volunteer.
Sponsors and community and partner organizations include: 76, Starbucks, Walgreens, Emerald Fund, Recology, The Hilton, Academy of Art University, PG&E, Luxor Cabs, SF Clean City Coalition, Local 261, San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco Housing Authority, Juvenile Probation Program, Project 20 Pretrial Diversion Program, Rec and Park, Community Youth Center, Chinese Newcomers Service Center, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, SFPD Collaborative, San Francisco Parks Alliance, United Playaz, Tzu-Chi Foundation, SF Geo Care, Catherine Sneed and the Garden Project, Larkin Street Youth, Bay.Org, the Eco Center at Heron’s Head Park, San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center and Hunters Point Family.
About San Francisco Public Works: The 24/7 City agency cleans and resurfaces streets; plants and nurtures City-maintained street trees; designs, constructs and maintains Cityowned facilities; inspects streets and sidewalks; builds curb ramps; eradicates graffiti; partners with neighborhoods; trains people for jobs; greens the right of way; and educates our communities.
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