Litter and clutter beware! Streets will be cleaned and closets will be cleared as the Marion Tree and Parks Committee and Gifts to Give join forces for Marion’s 2012 Town-Wide Cleanup. To be held on Saturday, May 12 from 9:00 am until 12:00 pm, the event is sponsored by the Tree and Parks Committee, Marion Garden Group, Sippican Historical Society, Marion Natural History Museum, Sippican Lands Trust and the Town of Marion DPW.
From the rallying point at Marion’s Music Hall, participants will be provided gloves and bags, and then directed to designated locations to clear the trash and other debris left in winter’s wake. In addition to the families, Tabor students and individual adults participating, many of Marion’s children traditionally pitch in, as well.
Litter collected will be returned to the bandstand area of Island Wharf Park (across from the Music Hall) to create the trash mountain that stands each year as a visual testament to not only the stunning amount of litter left on town roadways by careless individuals, but also the dedicated efforts of caring individuals and organizations within the community toward preserving the health and beauty of Marion’s picturesque landscape.
In addition to the day’s focus on cleaning up our streets, cleaning out our closets will also be on the agenda, as New Bedford’s Gifts to Give organization collects gently used children’s items (clothes, books, toys, etc.) for distribution to deserving families throughout Southeastern Massachusetts. Items for donation can be brought that morning to Island Wharf Park, where a Gifts to Give collection truck will await their arrival.