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Community Green Up Day: There are a variety of sites to volunteer your time

Spring cleaning takes on new meaning during this year's community-wide Green Up Day on Saturday, May 7, 2011 from 9 a.m. until noon. Hundreds of volunteers and organizations will pitch in to clean up streams, schools, parks, and homeowner association common areas.

Please wear clothing and footwear that are weather appropriate and that can get dirty, muddy, or wet.  Although the City supplies equipment, volunteers are welcome to bring their own gardening materials and gloves for landscape and planting projects.

For those interested in earning Student Service Learning (SSL) hours, please sign in when you arrive, and bring all paperwork with you.

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Confirmed sites:

  • Brown Station
    Meet at 851 Quince Orchard Boulevard in front of school
    9 a.m. until noon
    School clean up and landscaping project
  • Central Avenue
    Meet near 200 Central Avenue
    10 a.m. until noon
    Neighborhood cleanup

  • Gaithersburg Middle School
    Meet at 2 Teachers Way in front of school
    9 a.m. until noon
    School clean up
  • Hidden Creek
    Club House
    9 a.m. until noon
    Community clean up and storm drain decals
  • Izaak Walton League National Conservation Center
    Meet at 707 Conservation Lane (off of Muddy Branch Road)
    9 a.m. until noon
    Conservation landscaping project, site cleanup, and plantings

  • Lakelands
    Meet at Four Corners Park located on Gatestone Square Street
    9 a.m. until noon
    Community clean up
  • Lakelands Ridge
    Meet at Lakelands Ridge Community Center
    9 a.m. until noon
    Clean up and pond planting
  • Quince Orchard Park
    Meet at Community Center at 515 Highland Ridge Avenue
    9 a.m. until noon
    Community clean up and storm drain decals
  • Washingtonian Towns
    Meet at Green Park on Curry Ford Lane
    9 a.m. until noon
    Community clean up
  • Woods at Muddy Branch
    Meet by pond on Alderwood Drive
    9 a.m. until noon
    Community clean up

Locations and event information will be updated as available.

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If you or your organization would like more information about volunteering during Environmental Awareness Week, please contact Environmental Services at 301-258-6330 or email environment@gaithersburgmd.gov.  Event times and locations are tentative; please revisit our website prior to Community Green Up Day.

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