Your guide to the 2013 Philly Spring Cleanups in NW Philly
Volunteers all over the city will put their shovels, rakes and paintbrushes to good use this Saturday for the Philadelphia Streets Department’s sixth annual Philly Spring Cleanup. Here’s a look at some of cleanups taking place in Northwest Philadelphia. To sign up for one, go to the volunteer page.
Roxborough/East Falls/Manayunk
Mifflin Arboretum Cleanup
Location: Midvale Avenue
Contact: Roger Marsh at MarshRRR@gmail.com
Cleanup at Courtesy Stable and Houston Meadow
Location: 901 E. Cathedral Road
Contact: Cynthia Turecki at 215-482-8108
Cleanup at Woodland Lot
Location: 218 Hermit Street
Contact: Andrew Bantly at 215-429-1054
Cleanup at Cloud City
Location: 4528 Boone Street
Contact: Mark Bevenour at mbevenour@hotmail.com
Cleanup for Edling Park
Location: 174 Shurs Lane
Contact: Jill Schneider at 215-482-6381
Cleanup for Shawmont, Umbria, & Domino
Location: 239 B Shawmont Ave.
Contact: Timothy Garrity at 267-879-2716
Cleanup for Green Lane
Contact: ksykora@manayunk.org
Cleanup for Kendrick Recreation Center
Location: 5822 Ridge Avenue
Contact: Brian Morris at 215-685-2584
Germantown/Chestnut Hill/Mt. Airy
Cleanup at Houston Playground
Location: 926 Clyde Lane
Contact: Joseph Lotkowski at 215-483-8816
Cleanup for Hood Cemetery
Location: 515 E Locust Ave
Contact: Andy Jickling at 215-439-0100
Cleanup for Intersection of Church
Location: 100 E Church Lane
Contact: smangan@what-design.com
Cleanup for All Things Work Together
Location: 1804 Sulis St.
Contact: Loddie Fisher at loddiefisher01@gmail.com
Cleanup for Mrs. Farmer
Location: 1300 E. Price St.
Contact: farmerkb@tuhs.temple.edu
Cleanup for Johnson Street and Wayne Ave.
Location: 6307 Sherman St.
Contact: Madeline Magee at 215-848-0565
Cleanup for Ebon Tabernacle
Location: 230 W Coulter St.
Contact: Minister Darrell at 215-272-7200 x 1150
NW Neighbors Vacant Lot Project
Location: 304-306 West Coulter St.
Contact: Lisa Hopkins at 215-844-6098
Cleanup for Chestnut Hill Youth Sports Club
Location: Water Tower Recreation Center
Contact: Dennis Primavera at 215-206-0511
Cleanup for Friends of Happy Hollow Tree-mendous Lives
Location: 4908 Wayne Ave.
Contact: Allison Weiss at awfromhh@gmail.com
Cleanup for Wister Train Station
Location: 5318 Baynton St.
Contact: Ross Henesy at 215-715-1290
G-Town Street Cleaners
Location: 1100 Chelten Ave.
Contact: keishia_whitman@hotmail.com
Cleanup for John B. Kelly School
Location: 5122 Newhall St.
Contact: Dennis Barnebey at 215-668-4938
Cleanup for Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust
Location: 6121 Germantown Ave.
Contact: Liz Wise at 267-240-7966
The W Rockland Street Project
Location: 38 W Rockland St.
Contact: Emaleigh Doley at 610-331-3758
Olney/Oak Lane
Neighbors Against Graffiti
Location: 2001 Tulpehocken St.
Contact: Vernon Smith at 215-549-0220
These cleanups were pulled from the Philadelphia Streets Department’s registered list of cleanups in Northwest Philadelphia. If we missed yours, please let us know at nwproducers@whyy.org.
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