Sat 13 Jun 2009
Thank you Vic Magary, and Metro Martial Arts students and parents for such a successful turn out and Riverpride clean up!
Volunteers: 68 (60 Metro Martial Arts Families; 8 Adena Brook Community neighbors)
Hours worked: 1
Bags of litter removed: 42
Bags of litter recycled: 3
Other items: a car bumper, pole in concrete, wire rolls. large window shade
Among the items of interest found: car bumper, large window shade, pole in concrete, soccer ball, empty box turtle shell, piece of $100 bill, car keys, 2 rolls of wire and a yard frog to remain with us for our “mascot”.
See you next month, second Saturday, July 11, 9 – 11 AM. Meet at the Adena Brook Rain Garden at High and Overbrook. Look for supplies at the Adena Brook Rain Garden, Overbrook and Canyon, Overbrook and Yaronia!
Judy Robinson
judyrob59@gmail.com
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June 16th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Thank you for sending this information, including the details about participation, items removed and total bags of trash; it will be used in the future as an example of how successful the program can be when volunteers really get involved.
Speaking personally, I believe it is fantastic when neighbors and neighborhood groups take ownership of an area as important as one of our waterways and invest their time to clean things up. I’m guessing much of what was collected was the sort of trash that blows out of containers and gets randomly tossed out of windows, though it also sounds like you removed items that people specifically put there because they felt the stream was a convenient dumping ground. Your work will help reverse that thought process.
You and those who participated in this event deserve a lot of credit for turning your pride into action.
Thank you again for sending me your cleanup recap.
George J. Zonders
Public Relations Specialist
Department of Public Utilities, Communications Office
City of Columbus
910 Dublin Rd., Columbus, OH 43215
614 645.2926 (O); 614 724.0144 (Fax)
Department Mission: To enhance the quality of life, now and into the future, for people living, working and raising families in central Ohio through the economic, efficient, and environmentally responsible stewardship of superior public utilities.