Mystic River Spring Cleanup April 25

This winter’s melted snow has revealed a lot of trash to collect in the green space around the Mystic River.
On Saturday, April 25, Friends of the Mystic River in Medford will hold its 20th annual Mystic River Spring Cleanup from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The meeting place will be at the Hormel Stadium parking lot adjacent to Mystic Riverbend Park (see may on the Friends of the Mystic River website).

Volunteers are invited to meet at Hormel (90 Locust St.) to sign in and pick up bags, gloves and instructions. Work will focus on the Mystic Riverbend Park and adjacent MacDonald Park areas, but participants are welcome to travel to any other location along the Mystic in Medford that they may wish to clean up. At the end of the event, organizers will collect all bags of trash that have been filled and return them to the Hormel site for pickup by the city.

Lunchtime refreshments also will be provided at the Hormel site at noon.

The Friends of the Mystic cleanup is part of an array of Earth Day week cleanups, which include a Medford Square cleanup from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 25, being organized by the Medford Community Coalition; the full schedule is available on the Mystic River Watershed Association’s website.

In the event of heavy rain on April 25, the Friends of the Mystic cleanup will be held on Sunday, April 26, at the same location and times.

Since 1995, Friends of the Mystic River, a Medford-based community organization, has focused on the enjoyment, protection and enhancement of the Mystic River in Medford.

For more information, call 781-391-2604 or email Mystic02155@hotmail.com.

– Submitted by Ken Krause