Clean-Up Goes On

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participants check out the basics for a good clean-up—trash bags, litter grabber-reachers, and red gloves.

participants check out the basics for a good clean-up—trash bags, litter grabber-reachers, and red gloves.

volunteers received their street and alley “assignments” before fanning out into the neighborhood.

volunteers received their street and alley “assignments” before fanning out into the neighborhood.

Organized by the Burleith Citizens Association with the help of GU Facilities, GU Office of Neighborhood Life, and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, the annual fall community clean-up on November 14 drew more than 15 masked volunteers including many enthusiastic children with their parents.

picking up trash under the bleachers has to be the worsT job ever, but this family was game!

picking up trash under the bleachers has to be the worsT job ever, but this family was game!

For about two hours on a pleasant Saturday morning, volunteers picked up litter, bulk items, yard waste, and more! Not surprisingly, few Halloween candy wrappers were found amongst the leaves due to curtailed trick-or-treating this year. Disappointingly, there were a good number of used masks in the debris.

Special thanks to all—especially to Janice Sims, community leader and co-chair of the Georgetown Community Partnership Environment and Landlord Initiatives Working Group, who has volunteered to help keep Burleith beautiful for nearly a decade.

as usual, GU Facilties provided a truck, which handled bulk and other cumbersome items.

as usual, GU Facilties provided a truck, which handled bulk and other cumbersome items.