Mar. 23 – Annual Spring Spruce-Up
The Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce Beautification Committee, City of Salisbury and Wicomico County’s Stash Your Trash contributors and ESBLN (Eastern Shore Business Leadership Network) are teaming up for an upcoming community clean-up day (6th Annual Spring Spruce-Up) on April 11, 2015 from 9am to noon.
ESBLN has dubbed April 11, 2015 Ability Awareness Day, a day to celebrate and raise awareness that people with disAbilities can and want to work and give back to their community. Teams of volunteers will work together on projects at the Salisbury Zoo to “spruce” it up and clean up litter in time for Earth Day. Sponsorships are available and range from the $300 tier to the $1,000 tier.
“Volunteers who work the zoo are sponsored by participating employers on a first come first serve basis,” said Jackie Gast, director, Eastern Shore Business Leadership Network. “Since 2010, this event has maxed out in volunteer participation. We get so much done for the zoo and have a great time mulching, raking, planting, painting, and repairing or anything the zoo needs for us to do. We hope people will come out to encourage us and realize people with disAbilities are just that – people!”
The beautification committee and Stash Your Trash organizers will piggyback on the April 11th Ability Awareness Day Spring Spruce Up date and host the “Stash Your Trash Clean-Up Day” with teams of volunteers from the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce members and the community. The group is currently recruiting teams for the clean-up initiative. Anyone interested in volunteering can contact Priscilla Timken at 443.366.2784 or email info@chesapeaketourplanner.com.
Gloves and trash bags will be provided to all volunteers. Salisbury City Public Works will make a pick-up of all trash and transport to the landfill. Clean Up teams can meet at the Wicomico County Youth and Civic Center at 8:00am on the morning of April 11th.
