Earth Day 2024 Community Clean-Up: Monday, April 22

NIAGARA FALLS, ON – On Monday, April 22, have fun Earth Day with the Metropolis of Niagara Falls and the Environmental Motion Committee (EAC) by collaborating in a Neighborhood Clear-Up. The occasion will start at MacBain Neighborhood Centre (7150 Montrose Highway) from 3 pm till 7 pm. Volunteers are inspired to affix after faculty or work to gather particles from parks, trails, and boulevards to scrub up problematic areas within the metropolis.

This is a wonderful alternative for college students to amass group service hours! volunteers can register for the occasion on-line by visiting niagarafalls.ca/cleansweep. The suitable private protecting gear and important provides to conduct the clean-up shall be offered.

Further Clear-Up Volunteer Alternatives

Cemetery Companies Clear-Up Day
Residents who can not attend the Earth Day Clear-Up or who need to take part in an extra clean-up occasion can volunteer on Saturday, April 27, 2024, from 9 am to 12 pm, ranging from Fairview Cemetery (4501 Stanley Avenue) and persevering with to Lundy’s Lane Cemetery (7489 Lundy’s Lane). To pre-register for this occasion, please e mail Mark Richardson, Supervisor of Cemetery Companies, at [email protected] or name Cemetery Companies at 905-356-7521 ext. 5224.

Each day Neighborhood Clear-Up Program
This program allows volunteers to select up litter from municipally ruled property and select when and the place to dedicate time. Volunteers should register on-line at the very least 72 hours earlier than starting a clean-up. To register, please go to this system webpage at niagarafalls.ca/dailycleanup.

Extra Up-Coming Environmental Occasions

Preakness Park Tree Planting
Environmental Motion Committee (EAC) is internet hosting a tree-planting occasion on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, to have fun Ontario’s Arbor Week. Starting at 9:45 am, volunteers will plant 35 native bushes inside Preakness Park in Niagara Falls. Volunteers from the EAC, employees, and college students from Westlane Secondary College will participate in planting the bushes. There are further (restricted) volunteer alternatives for residents to take part. Please contact Jeff Guarasci for additional particulars by e mail at [email protected] or name 905-356-7521 ext.3341.

Mom Earth Day
The annual PenFinancial Credit score Union Mom Earth Day occasion will happen on Saturday, Could 11, 2024, at Firemen’s Park from 10 am to three pm. This occasion is coordinated by the Metropolis of Niagara Falls’ Environmental Motion Committee. Mom Earth Day is actually a celebration of the setting, showcasing an assortment of environmental demonstrations and free youth actions. Over 40 native distributors with an environmental element may also take part within the occasion. The Metropolis of Niagara Falls shall be freely giving 500 (1 to 2-gallon, potted-in measurement) native bushes throughout the occasion on a first-come, first-served foundation to Niagara Falls residents solely beginning at 10:00 am. The occasion is free to attend no matter residency. For extra data on the occasion, please go to motherearthday.ca.

About Earth Day
Communities around the globe have fun Earth Day on April 22. First acknowledged in the US in 1970, Earth Day has turn out to be the most important environmental motion on the earth. To at the present time, municipalities throughout the globe take the initiative to develop consciousness campaigns and group packages that drive optimistic motion for our planet.

About earthday.ca
Since 1995, earthday.ca has been celebrating by organizing numerous awareness-raising actions on environmental points. With its skill to mobilize native stakeholders, earthday.ca has continued to develop, creating quite a few initiatives on April 22 and daily. The mission of earthday.ca is to assist individuals and organizations scale back their environmental affect. #EarthDay #EarthDay2024

Extra on The Environmental Motion Committee (EAC)
EAC is a volunteer committee appointed by the Niagara Falls Metropolis Council. Its mandate is to encourage environmental accountability and city-wide beautification and promote energetic transportation utilization and civic delight by group motion. The committee advises the Metropolis Council on points associated to its mandate. For extra data, go to https://niagarafalls.ca/city-hall/committees/environmental-action/default.aspx.

For extra data, contact:
Jeff Guarasci
Neighborhood Growth Coordinator
Recreation and Tradition
P: 905-356-7521 ext. 3341
C: 905-380-8263
[email protected]