Due to an absolute washout on Saturday 4/26, members of the FHMNA who volunteered to participate in our Spring Cleanup were forced to default to our Sunday 4/27 rain date. It was unfortunate that we lost 7 or 8 participants due to the date change, but it is certainly understandable.
Twelve hardy souls showed up on a cool, clear, breezy Sunday morning at 9am on the Heights ball field for coffee and donuts before heading out on their assigned cleanup missions. Despite being a bit shorthanded, the participants did a great job cleaning up the public spaces in our neighborhoods. The general consensus from participants was that there seemed to be a bit less trash than years prior, possibly due to the fact that we conducted a successful cleanups in the fall. The nip and single-use bottle ban may have contributed to this,. However, there were still plenty of cans and bottles and other refuse to pick up.
The effort collected 10 ultra-large-sized industrial bags, each about half full, as well as several other construction items too large to fit in a bag.
Below are photos of our cleanup crew and the pile of collected trash which the DPW was kind enough to pick up the following day.
FHMNA Spring Clean Up Crew from left to right: Michelle Matteo, Tom Chizinski, Jack Flynn, Dave Martin, Gary Breitbord, Dave Buzanoski, Dana Martin, Candice Lofgren, and Charlie Matteo. Missing from the photo are Irene Mazmanian (photographer), Jeanne Seligowski, and Mary Jo Bradley.
Collected trash.