Spring has arrived in the Glebe!

By Zoe Sutherland

The City of Ottawa’s 29th annual spring Cleaning the Capital campaign is now underway!

Come join members of the Glebe Community Association’s Parks Committee in the cleanup of a Glebe park near you. We need your help to make our neighbourhood parks immaculate and enticing again after winter.

Cleanup will entail picking up litter, animal waste removal, raking/tidying beds, sweeping up cigarette butts, erasing graffiti and removing unwanted large or small  items that undermine the safety, beauty or tranquillity of the parks.

Everyone is welcome – kids, adults, friends and other family members. No special ability is required, just a willingness to do what you can. Please wear long pants, long sleeves and bring gardening gloves if you have some. Other items that would be useful but not necessary include rakes, grabber tools, outdoor brooms, plastic containers with a well-fitted lid, leaf bags and disposable plastic bags.

The fun is planned for SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 14. If it rains, we will try again on SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 15.

Spring Cleaning the Capital is a volunteer-led, city-wide campaign that started in 1994. The campaign aims to bring residents together to make our whole city clean and green. The proper disposal of items removed is emphasized, as detailed in the table below.

For further information about projects, campaigns and programs that the Glebe Community Association Parks Committee is working on, please visit: www.glebeca.ca/parks-committee. Should you have any ideas or concerns relating to Glebe Area Parks, please email parks@glebe.ca.

Zoe Sutherland is a Glebe Parks Committee member and volunteer.

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