Coming Soon: the 2010 Fall Clean Up - Saturday, October 23rd!

The 2010 Fall Clean Up will take place on Saturday, October 23rd, the theme for this year’s clean up being  “Streets Are Streams - Clean Water Starts In Your Own Yard.”  For the first time, the Department of Recreation and Parks and the Baltimore Water Alliance will hold their annual community cleaning events in coordination with the Department of Public Works.

“The Department of Recreation and Parks is proud to partner with the Bureau of Solid Waste and the Baltimore Water Alliance for the mayor’s city-wide Fall Clean Up,” said Recreation and Parks Director Gregory Bayor. “Promoting the importance of the land-water connection in trash and debris management is an important part of our department’s mission.”

“We are pleased to partner with the Mayor’s office and the Departments of Public Works and Recreation and Parks on this important day of service,” Halle Van der Gaag, Deputy Director of the Baltimore Water Alliance. “Together we will mobilize hundreds of volunteers to help clean up trash, haul tires and other debris out of the Middle Branch, an important natural resource right here in the City. This partnership highlights our collective commitment to cleaner water in Baltimore, not only by cleaning up trash but by also addressing pollution sources that negatively impact our waterways and communities.”

“We look to establish partnerships, because by joining forces we accomplish great things,” added Department of Public Works Director Al Foxx. “I look forward to working on more projects with the Baltimore Water Alliance and to joining the Department of Recreation and Parks again when we start planning the spring clean up. Our goal is to make Baltimore the cleanest city in the country.”

Volunteers are urged to sign up today. Community Associations and volunteers who want to participate in the parks clean up should call 311 to register.

Baltimore Sun photos by Kim Hairston and Monica Lopossay