It’s as if all the trash and litter of the past four months had accumulated in a frozen mountain range along every Providence sidewalk, and with the recently, finally, melting snow, was released unto the world, my driveway, and Narragansett Bay.
Pretty gross!
Elmhurst Clean & Green hit the ground last Saturday, and the West Broadway Neighborhood Association is carrying on the torch in three days.
If smug self-satisfaction isn’t powerful enough motivation to spend a few hours picking up other people’s trash, then you can also be trained in the implementation of highly sophisticated and cost-effective carbon sequestration technologies (i.e. planting trees).
Cleanup 8am, Saturday, April 16th, Dexter Field — Lunch 1am, 1560 Westminster Street
(Extreme weather date for Clean Up: Sunday, April 17. For Tree Planting: Saturday, April 30.)
8:00 a.m. – 9 a.m.: recycle your unwanted TVs, computers, printers, and other electronics at Dexter Training Ground (the park near the Armory)
8:30 a.m. Meet at Dexter Training Ground for coffee and to pick up supplies.
9:00 a.m. The Clean Up begins! Tree planters proceed to the corner of Chapin and Parade for a planting demonstration. (You must attend if you want to plant trees to make sure we do it correctly!)
12:30 p.m. Lunch is on us at the WBNA headquarters (1560 Westminster).
Cleaner-uppers: If you canʼt attend but want to help, please sweep any debris onto the street for the street
sweepers to pick up. Residents of Messer and Sycamore Streets, please sweep debris from behind the
planter boxes into the street.
Tree-planters: Please wear sturdy footwear, and bring gloves and a shovel. We’ll break into groups to plant trees. Each group needs a pair of pruners, scissors to cut twine, a small saw, and a broom. Mark your tools— they all look alike!
Special thanks to the following for making this event possible!
Equal Exchange Coffee // Hudson Street Deli // Providence Department of Public Works // Providence Neighborhood Planting Program // WBNA // And everyone who helps out!
For more information contact WBNA at 831-8344 or go to www.wbna.org.