Clean Up Follow-up

Not all the news is bad... (Please continue to contact the Mayor and Kathy Lantry about Conway, though...)

Mary and Joe help out from the cmty gardens

TVs need to be recycled

Last weekend we had 189 loads of stuff come through the Grace Lutheran Church parking lot as families disposed of things they no longer needed. We served 30 seniors who needed help bringing their stuff to the site. Bridging was there again to collect reusable items for women and families in transition, the Center for Victims of Torture was there collecting bikes for their clients - and they collected kids' bikes to donate to the "Bikes for Kids" event that Allina was holding that day, and representatives from Totem Town Community Garden and the Garden of Feed'em were there to collect reusable garden equipment. At the end of the (gray and rainy) day, reusable items were also taken to Goodwill.

Youth help out their community

We had help from youth from Boys Totem Town, who always do a great job unloading cars. And we had many wonderful volunteers from the community, including several young people working with their folks.

We don't have totals on the amount of stuff that was collected, but we had a dumpster+ full of metals, a dumpster+ full of mattresses, a dumpster of electronics plus a carload of computers, several mowers, 16 baby carseats, a dumpster full of cardboard, lots of appliances and tires, and a partial load of clean wood. All of this stuff is recycled.

There was also plenty of garbage.

Remember that next year District 1 residents will be able to attend TWO clean ups, one in early June, and another in September. We hope that this increases participation and decreases the amount of stuff you have to put up with, cluttering your life and home.



Thanks to all our wonderful volunteers! And thanks to Grace Lutheran Church for hosting!!