Per the ad I've been sporting in the sidebar for several weeks, the second annual Hands-On Jamestown community cleanup will be taking place this Saturday. Organized by the Downtown Jamestown Development Corp. with sponsorship from local businesses and organizations, the event will draw volunteers to participate in keeping the streets, sidewalks, and parks clean and inviting places for residents and visitors alike.
Check in begins at 7:45 am in Tracy Plaza, where a continental breakfast will be served and volunteers will pick up their assignments. Garbage bags will be furnished, but it is suggested that volunteers bring their own gloves, rakes, brooms, weedeaters, etc. After the work is finished, volunteers can return to Tracy Plaza for free hot dogs and drinks. Pre-registered volunteers will receive t-shirts.
Any individuals, groups, families, businesses, or organizations interested in volunteering are asked to contact DJDC at 664-2477. Registration forms are also available online at www.discoverjamestown.com. All volunteers will be assigned specific areas in the downtown to clean-up.
DJDC also encourages home owners and businesses to clean-up around their own properties and establishments, citywide. Tom and I are planning to pick up cans and bottles in our neighborhood, which is actually outside the city limits. We have a few vacant wooded areas where kids toss out the evidence of their weekend drinking activities.
Tom has also organized another clean-up event this year with the Chautauqua Hiking Club (coincidentally on the same day, and fortunately Saturday's weather forecast looks good for outdoor activities). They are asking for volunteers to join them at 10 am at the Taylor Rd. access area for a cleanup (picking up trash) of the Chautauqua Gorge.
Wherever you'll be this Saturday, please leave the area better than you found it.
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