“Wow.†That’s the response I often hear when volunteers see the difference they make in an area after picking up litter.
This January, the Clean Evansville Initiative will be going into its fourth year of cleaning up areas of the city on the first Saturday of each month. Many hours have been spent making the community a more inviting, healthy outdoor environment. All done by an army of dedicated volunteers!
Since the creation of the program, it’s been estimated that almost 50 tons of litter has been collected from areas throughout Evansville; 19 tons of litter was collected in 2012; 15.5 tons in 2013, and this year we have cleaned up 14.3 tons. Our efforts are becoming effective; there is less litter to pick up. On top of less litter in targeted areas, we have encouraged neighborhoods associations and other civic groups to clean areas around them through our program Great American Cleanup—which will kick off March 7th 2015 at Howell Park on Evansville’s West side after our cleanup.
In a perfect world, we wouldn’t need to clean up litter as often as we do. But because we don’t, we encourage people to help in keeping their community clean by not littering. Have pride for the city that you live in!
How can you help? Come to a Clean Evansville event, they are on the first Saturday of each month. Get your friends, family, and neighbors together for a neighborhood cleanup. And please do not litter.
Together, we can solve this problem!
Here are the dates and locations for the 2015 Clean Evansville cleanups:
January 3 Jacobsville Area
February 7 Covert/Green River/Pollack
March 7 Barker Ave/Howell Park
April 4 Anthony Oates Area
May 2 Kratzville/Mill/Ist Ave
June 6 41/Diamond/Fares/Kentucky
July 5 Riverfront/Downtown
August 1 Wesselman Park Area
September 5 Riverside / Kentucky
October 3 Cedar Hall/Fulton—OPERATION HOT MESS
November 7 Washington Ave/Lincoln Ave
December 5 North Green River / Morgan
For more information on the Clean Evansville Initiative, contact Keep Evansville Beautiful or visit www.cleanevansville.org/.
