Please join us for Culmore Cleanup 2009 on
Saturday May 2nd.
For more information please go to www.culmore2009.blogspot.com
Thanks everyone for a great day!
We had a perfect day for our cleanup and lots of new Teams and individuals joined us in making Culmore a sparking place.
Thanks so much to Hidden Oaks Nature Center, Environmental Health Division of the Health Department of Fairfax County, and Bailey's Crossorads Volunteer Fire Department for the programs and information they brought to the cleanup.
Thanks also to all the Teams that came. We had girl scouts, Rotarians, school children, Firefighters, and religous groups.
A Special Thanks to the Woodrow Wilson Library and it's staff that gives so generously of it's time and talents to host this event.
Our Sponsors and Supporters have been wonderful. Several of them have been with us all 5 years and we appreciate their support for our neighborhood. We are looking forward to the next cleanup and hope you will join us.
Keep it Clean - in Between!
Thanks so much to Hidden Oaks Nature Center, Environmental Health Division of the Health Department of Fairfax County, and Bailey's Crossorads Volunteer Fire Department for the programs and information they brought to the cleanup.
Thanks also to all the Teams that came. We had girl scouts, Rotarians, school children, Firefighters, and religous groups.
A Special Thanks to the Woodrow Wilson Library and it's staff that gives so generously of it's time and talents to host this event.
Our Sponsors and Supporters have been wonderful. Several of them have been with us all 5 years and we appreciate their support for our neighborhood. We are looking forward to the next cleanup and hope you will join us.
Keep it Clean - in Between!
Cleanup Instructions
1. If you have a question at any point during the clean up, please contact the base station. (Woodrow Wilson Library 703-820-8774 option 4)
2. Each team will receive a Team Sheet showing their target area assignment. Do not leave for your target area until instructed.
3. Clean only the public roads and spaces designated in your target area. Private or commercial spaces are the responsibility of their respective owners.
4. Clean trash bags at bus stops and bus shelters
5. Leave filled trash bags at one of the 3 approved locations, VDOT will pick up the trash bags.
6. Once completed with your target area, please return all of the safety vests and unused trash bags to the base station.
7. Please stop by the base station to pick up your Certificate of Service.
Thank you for taking pride in Culmore and working to help make it a cleaner place to live, work, and play.
A successful clean up is a SAFE clean up!
2. Each team will receive a Team Sheet showing their target area assignment. Do not leave for your target area until instructed.
3. Clean only the public roads and spaces designated in your target area. Private or commercial spaces are the responsibility of their respective owners.
4. Clean trash bags at bus stops and bus shelters
5. Leave filled trash bags at one of the 3 approved locations, VDOT will pick up the trash bags.
6. Once completed with your target area, please return all of the safety vests and unused trash bags to the base station.
7. Please stop by the base station to pick up your Certificate of Service.
Thank you for taking pride in Culmore and working to help make it a cleaner place to live, work, and play.
A successful clean up is a SAFE clean up!
Safety Tips
1. Read this list of safety tips completely and acknowledge that you have read it by signing in with a coordinator.
2. Wear light or bright-colored protective clothing as well as hard-soled shoes and work gloves.
3. Work only during daylight hours and during acceptable weather.
4. Stay alert for snakes and noxious weeds, and avoid them. Use caution and common sense.
5. Park your car in a safe place away from busy traffic. If necessary, use carpool to the target area.
6. Do not go in the road to pick up litter.
7. Work facing on-coming traffic.
8. Do not play around or do anything that would distract passing drivers or other volunteers. Your being on the roadside already is a distraction.
9. Do not overexert yourself. Take occasional breaks and drink plenty of fluids.
10. Do not pick up materials that appear to be hazardous. Contact a coordinator or the police.
2. Wear light or bright-colored protective clothing as well as hard-soled shoes and work gloves.
3. Work only during daylight hours and during acceptable weather.
4. Stay alert for snakes and noxious weeds, and avoid them. Use caution and common sense.
5. Park your car in a safe place away from busy traffic. If necessary, use carpool to the target area.
6. Do not go in the road to pick up litter.
7. Work facing on-coming traffic.
8. Do not play around or do anything that would distract passing drivers or other volunteers. Your being on the roadside already is a distraction.
9. Do not overexert yourself. Take occasional breaks and drink plenty of fluids.
10. Do not pick up materials that appear to be hazardous. Contact a coordinator or the police.
2008 Culmore Cleanup Scheduled May 3
More than 200 volunteers from the Culmore community businesses, churches and nonprofits will roll up their sleeves and put on gloves for the annual Culmore Cleanup on Saturday, May 3 from 9 a.m. to noon.
Participants should check in at 9 a.m. at the Woodrow Wilson Library, 6101 Knollwood Drive, Falls Church, to receive trash bags, a T-shirt and gloves. Coffee and light refreshments will be served. Following the cleanup, participants can return to the library for pizza and door prizes. The library will also host a wildlife presentation by staff from the Hidden Oaks Nature Center, a facility of Fairfax County Park Authority. Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerald E. Connolly plans to stop by.
The volunteers, along with residents, will clean up trash and other debris along Route 7 and Columbia Pike in the Bailey's Crossroads area. All streets in the Bailey's area are planned to be covered.
The cleanup is organized by Alternative House, Bailey's Beautification Alliance, Culmore Family Resource Center, Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center, Hidden Oaks Nature Center, Office of Mason District Supervisor Penny Gross and the Woodrow Wilson Library.
Sponsors this year are Dar Al-Hijrah, Rotary Club of Bailey's Crossroads, Pollo Campero, Security One Bank and Wachovia Bank.
To volunteer or for more information please contact the Woodrow Wilson Library at 703-820-8774 ext.4, TTY711.
Participants should check in at 9 a.m. at the Woodrow Wilson Library, 6101 Knollwood Drive, Falls Church, to receive trash bags, a T-shirt and gloves. Coffee and light refreshments will be served. Following the cleanup, participants can return to the library for pizza and door prizes. The library will also host a wildlife presentation by staff from the Hidden Oaks Nature Center, a facility of Fairfax County Park Authority. Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerald E. Connolly plans to stop by.
The volunteers, along with residents, will clean up trash and other debris along Route 7 and Columbia Pike in the Bailey's Crossroads area. All streets in the Bailey's area are planned to be covered.
The cleanup is organized by Alternative House, Bailey's Beautification Alliance, Culmore Family Resource Center, Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center, Hidden Oaks Nature Center, Office of Mason District Supervisor Penny Gross and the Woodrow Wilson Library.
Sponsors this year are Dar Al-Hijrah, Rotary Club of Bailey's Crossroads, Pollo Campero, Security One Bank and Wachovia Bank.
To volunteer or for more information please contact the Woodrow Wilson Library at 703-820-8774 ext.4, TTY711.
Please join us for Culmore Cleanup 2008
This will be our fifth year of organizing an event that fosters a sense of pride and community solidarity by sending out teams to make our community shine. Last year about 235 volunteers in 30 teams, wearing white T-shirts, fanned out over a wide area to clean up our neighborhoods. We provided them with safety equipment, water, snacks, and tokens of our appreciation.
As we plan for Culmore Cleanup 2008, we hope we can count on your support for this community improvement effort.
We will recognize all participating organizations as sponsors or supporters in press releases to the local media, on our sandwich board on the day of the event, and on the event’s website.
If you would like to see photos of last years events please go to www.culmore2007.blogspot.com
Culmore Cleanup 2008 is planned for May 3 from 9:00AM to Noon, starting at Woodrow Wilson Library , 6101 Knollwood Drive.
Please join us.
Culmore Cleanup 2008 Committee
c/o Baileys Beautification Alliance
3433 Pinetree Terrace
Falls Church, VA 22041
This will be our fifth year of organizing an event that fosters a sense of pride and community solidarity by sending out teams to make our community shine. Last year about 235 volunteers in 30 teams, wearing white T-shirts, fanned out over a wide area to clean up our neighborhoods. We provided them with safety equipment, water, snacks, and tokens of our appreciation.
As we plan for Culmore Cleanup 2008, we hope we can count on your support for this community improvement effort.
We will recognize all participating organizations as sponsors or supporters in press releases to the local media, on our sandwich board on the day of the event, and on the event’s website.
If you would like to see photos of last years events please go to www.culmore2007.blogspot.com
Culmore Cleanup 2008 is planned for May 3 from 9:00AM to Noon, starting at Woodrow Wilson Library , 6101 Knollwood Drive.
Please join us.
Culmore Cleanup 2008 Committee
c/o Baileys Beautification Alliance
3433 Pinetree Terrace
Falls Church, VA 22041
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)
