Contact: Lynne Leonard,
                                                                                                 City Beautiful Coordinator
                                                                       Phone: (336) 373-2957
 

Greensboro Gets a Big Sweep

GREENSBORO, NC -- (September 17, 2007) -- On Saturday, September 15, over 400 volunteers of all ages from throughout Greensboro helped clean up more than 500 bags and several truckloads of litter and debris from streams, roadsides, neighborhoods, and public areas as part of the Big Sweep Cleanup. 

The Big Sweep in Greensboro kicks off a series of cleanups throughout Guilford County between September 15 and October 6 as part of a cooperative effort between Greensboro Beautiful, the City of Greensboro, City of High Point, Guilford County Health Department, and the Guilford County Environmental Services Department. This countywide effort will culminate in a litter pickup in High Point on Saturday, October 6.

Volunteers and volunteer groups participating in the Greensboro effort include the following:
Airport Rotary Club, Carolyn Allen, Bennett College Queens Association, Bluford Park Neighborhood, Lee Britt, Louise Britt, Marylee Brown, Andrena Coleman, College Hill Neighborhood, Shameka Collins, Crescent Rotary Club, the Curnes Family, The Day Family, Deep Roots Co-Op, Degussa-Stockhausen, East Greensboro Rotary Club, First Lutheran Church, Fisher Park Neighborhood, Gate City Rotary Club, Girl Scout Troops 586 & 528, Garland Gooden, Greensboro Day School, Greensboro Rotary Club, Greensboro Youth Council, Grimsley High School & Sierra Club, Guilford County Health Department, Guilford Park Presbyterian Church Youth, Jonesboro/Scott Park Neighborhoods, Mendenhall Middle School, NC A&T N.S.B.E., Rolling Roads Community Watch, Southern Guilford Rotary Club, Ann Steighner, Elaine Stover, Summit Rotary Club, Sunset Hills Neighborhood, T. Gilbert Pearson Audubon Society, Vandalia Elementary School, Kimberly Walker & Cassie Lowder, Nancy Wells, Westerwood Neighborhood, Beverly Willingham, Steve Windham.

Greensboro Beautiful also thanks Airport, Crescent, East Greensboro, Gate City, Greensboro, Southern Guilford, and Summit Rotary Clubs for their generous sponsorship of Big Sweep in Greensboro; and the City of Greensboro Field Operations Department for their equipment assistance.

For more information on how you can get involved in cleanup efforts in Guilford County, call Greensboro Beautiful at 373-2199, or High Point Keep America Beautiful at 883-3517, or the Guilford County Environmental Services Department at 641-3792.

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A public service announcement of Greensboro Beautiful, a volunteer organization, working in partnership with the City of Greensboro to conserve and enhance the beauty and ecology of our community through public and private cooperation.