FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 

April 19, 2013 

Press Contact: 415-554-6045

EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS CALL ON VOLUNTEERS 

FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANING AND GREENING

Neighbors, community groups, merchants join together to beautify and care for the City

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The Department of Public Works invites volunteers to celebrate Earth Day with the Community Clean Team on Saturday, April 20 at 9 a.m. District 5 Supervisor London Breed and City work crews are teaming up with volunteers in the heart of San Francisco at the east end Golden Gate Park’s Panhandle to celebrate Earth Day, and then head to surrounding neighborhoods for cleaning and greening activities.

More than 300 people are expected to turn out and lend a hand along the Panhandle, plant and care for trees, work on landscaping and greening projects in the NOPA neighborhood, paint over graffiti along Haight Street, spruce up medians along Webster Street, and sweep up litter in the Fillmore and surrounding neighborhoods.

The event is a part of Giant Sweep, a citywide anti-litter campaign launched this year that partners the City, the World Champion San Francisco Giants, local schools, residents, businesses, and community groups to keep San Francisco clean and beautiful.

For more information or to sign up to volunteer, please visit sfdpw.org/earthday.

WHO: District Five Supervisor London Breed, DPW, and volunteers

WHAT: 2013 Earth Day Celebrations and Community Clean Team volunteer event

WHEN: Saturday, April 20, 9 a.m. - 12 noon.

WHERE: William McKinley Monument (at Baker Street, between Fell and Oak streets)

PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES: median landscaping work at Webster, Ellis to Geary; graffiti removal on upper Haight Street, Stanyan to Central and at Divisadero, Fell to Golden Gate; landscaping at Ella Hill Hutch Community Center, 1020 McAllister; sprucing up Alamo Square.