PRESS ADVISORY 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OCT. 12, 2012 

Contact: Rachel Gordon, DPW communications director 

(415) 554-6045 (desk) (415) 298-5523 (mobile) rachel.gordon@sfdpw.org

PUBLIC WORKS ENDS THE YEAR WITH A CLEAN SWEEP 

Community Clean Team’s last volunteer event of the year to clean and green District 5

San Francisco, CA – The Department of Public Works and more than 200 volunteers will gather Saturday, Oct. 13, to clean, restore and beautify neighborhoods throughout District 5. Volunteers will kick off the event at the Ella Hill Hutch Community Center, 1050 McAllister St. for the eighth and final Community Clean Team event of the year.

Volunteers and staff will work on tree care and landscaping projects, remove weeds and overgrown vegetation, paint over graffiti and clean up litter in residential neighborhoods and commercial corridors on Webster, Fillmore, Haight, Divisadero and Hayes streets.

The Community Clean Team is one of the largest regular neighborhood cleanup events in San Francisco. The volunteer program partners city agencies with residents, merchants and students to clean and beautify neighborhoods.

In partnership with the Clean City Coalition and Recology, residents living in District 5 will have the opportunity to properly dispose of unwanted household bulky items -- such as mattresses, sofas, computers and washing machines (no pianos!!!) -- for FREE starting at 8 a.m. on Baker Street, from Oak to Fell streets. Recology also will be giving away up to 5 gallons of premium compost for urban gardens at the same location.

More info can be found at www.sfdpw.org/volunteer

WHO: Community volunteers, Department of Public Works and City Hall officials, and nonprofit and private-sector partners. 

WHAT: Community Clean Team in District 5 

WHEN: Saturday, October 13, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. 

WHERE: Kickoff at Ella Hill Hutch Community Center, 1050 McAllister St.

PHOTO OPPORTUNTIES: 

• Community kickoff at Ella Hill Hutch Community Center (Webster and McAllister) 

• Robert Pitts Housing Development (Scott and Eddy) – Chipping 

• Ella Hill Hutch Community Center – Weeding and planting 

• Webster (Hayes to Golden Gate) – Weeding and chipping 

• Geary (Steiner to Scott); Post (Scott to Steiner); Fillmore (Golden Gate to Geary) – Tree basin care 

• Haight (Stanyan to Central) – Painting 

• Fillmore (Mcallister to Page); Webster (Golden Gate to Sutter); Webster (McAllister to Page); Golden Gate (Webster to Scott); Turk (Scott to Webster); McAllister (Webster to Scott); Fulton (Scott to Webster); Eddy (Webster to Divisadero); Ellis (Divisadero to Webster); Scott (Fulton to Ellis); Pierce (Ellis to Fulton); Steiner (Ellis to McAllister) – Litter pickup and sweeping 

• Raymond Kimbell Park (Geary and Steiner): Litter pickup and sweeping 

• Buchanan Street Mall (Grove to Eddy) – Weeding and cleaning 

• Baker (Oak to Fell) – Compost giveaway

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