Contact: Gerry Alfano
Phone: (336) 574-3547

Big Sweep Citywide Cleanup Set for September 20

GREENSBORO, NC -- (July 31, 2008) -- Greensboro Beautiful’s Big Sweep Waterway Pickup is coming up on Saturday, September 20 from 9 am until 12 noon. Big Sweep, Litter Sweep and a Neighborhood Cleanup will be combined into one citywide cleanup day. Volunteers and City staff will work together to clean up streets, waterways and neighborhoods throughout Greensboro.

You can volunteer in one of two ways:

• Find a stream, park, roadside, parking lot or an area in your neighborhood, near your school, office, or church that needs cleaning up.
• Enlist the help of your neighbors to clean up the neighborhood. The City of Greensboro will provide assistance with equipment and other services to neighborhoods with the city of Greensboro. For large cleanup efforts, the City will provide trash trucks for bulk trash, yard waste and scrap tires.

For more information, contact Gerry Alfano at (336) 574-3547.

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