Spring Means Green Up Clean Up Time
Welcome to the 2012 Green Up Clean Up season!
Green Up Clean Up is the award winning [2011 EPA Environmental Merit Award] program organized by Grace Episcopal Church in Medford, MA. Through this program members of the church coordinate with members of the Medford Community, the City of Medford, other local organizations and businesses to run Clean Ups of local parks and green spaces. Past clean ups have included picking up trash, spreading mulch, pruning, weeding, painting, and more. It is through this effort that we are able to stretch our tax dollars further by having the City provide the materials, while we provide the labor to improve our parks.
We are very excited to announce several upcoming Green Up Clean Up dates for 2012:
Saturday April 14, 1-3PM – Fells entrance at Winthrop St., Gate 1 – This is our first Clean Up at a DCR site! We will be picking up trash around the trailhead that leads into the fells at this location.
Saturday April 28 – 9:30 AM Earth Day Events in Medford Sq, 10:30 AM Mystic River at the Condon Shell. Green Up Clean Up will be participating in Medford’s Earth Day festivities this year, come meet us at our table at 1 City Hall Mall, the new site of the Medford Farmers Market. Sign up for our email list, learn about upcoming Clean Ups and participate in the activities and clean up in Medford Square. At 10:30 we will have a group joining the Friends of the Mystic River for their annual cleanup. Our group will meet at the Condon Shell at 10:30 to do our part! http://www.fomr.org/
Saturday May 5, 9AM-Noon – Wright’s Pond and Trails – Join us for our annual Wright’s Pond Clean Up! This is our biggest event, organized by Rev. Noah Evans. This year we’re going to venture onto the trails next to the pond as well as the public swimming areas. Please join us, there is always a lot to do here!
Saturday May 5 – 10AM -1PM Brooks Estate – As is our tradition, we will be sending a group to help at the Brooks Estate annual clean up. http://www.brooksestate.org/
Other Clean Ups that are still being organized for this Spring include Magoun Park, Victory Park & Logan Park.
If you are interested in helping with this effort, we could use a few more park leaders, donations of clean up supplies and snacks for the workers!
For more details on the roles, and the type of work we can typically do at the clean ups, please see the Team Leaders link on the Green Up Clean Up webpage: http://gracemedford.org/greenupcleanup/
We are also interested in hearing from you about which parks need attention or should have a Clean Up this year. Please email us at greenupcleanup@gracemedford.org to let us know which parks you would like to see a Clean Up at. We cannot do every park and green space in Medford, so we will try to focus our efforts where people see the greatest need.
Clean Up Summary:
– Saturday April 14, 1-3PM – Fells entrance at Winthrop St., Gate 1 – Lydia Coty Gay
– Saturday April 28 – 9:30 AM Earth Day Events in Medford Sq – Alicia Hunt
– Saturday April 28 – 10:30 AM Mystic River River Cleanup – Margaret Smist
– Saturday May 5, 9AM-Noon – Wright’s Pond and Trails – Rev. Noah Evans
– Saturday May 5 – Brooks Estate – Allison Andrews
– TBD Logan Park – The Hamel Family
– TBD Magoun Park
– TBD Victory Park
The 2012 Green Up Clean Up Organizing Committee
Alicia Hunt
Margaret Smist
Vin Maganzini
Lydia Gay
Daniel Smith
– Submitted by Alicia Hunt