Get Involved: Volunteers To Clean-Up 86th Street, 18th Avenue Tomorrow

Assemblyman Bill Colton and Councilman Mark Treyger are teaming up to sponsor their second “Speak-Up & Clean-Up” event of 2014, and they’re looking for volunteers to join them in keeping the streets clean.

The event kicks off Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. and lasts until 2:00 p.m. Volunteers will meet up at 29 Bay 25th Street, between 86th Street and Benson Avenue. They’ll head to 86th Street, tidying up from 25th Avenue to 16th Avenue, and then move on to 18th Avenue from Benson Avenue to 82nd Street. They’ll also clean the area surrounding Bensonhurst Park.

If you’d like to volunteer, just show up at the meeting time and location, or contact Colton’s district office at (718) 236-1598.

Here’s more information about the event from Colton’s press release:

Volunteers, who are local youth from neighborhood schools and organizations, have signed up to clean a large stretch of 86th Street from 25th Avenue to 16th Avenue, and 18th Avenue from Benson Avenue to 82nd Street, as well as the streets surrounding Bensonhurst Park. In addition to cleaning up, participants will also pass out flyers, in different languages, and speak to residents and businesses about sanitation rules and guidelines to encourage them to “do their part” and help keep the neighborhood clean.

This clean -up event will mark the second effort of the year for the ongoing “Speak-Up & Clean -Up” campaign, after the last event was held on May 17, 2014, also with Councilman Mark Treyger. Previously, Colton has hosted clean-up events in 2011, 2012, and 2013. In addition, this Saturday’s clean-up event will also be the fourteenth initiative for the campaign since it began three years ago.

… The list of volunteers include: members of District 9 High School Key Club, students from New Utrecht High School, members from Our Lady of Grace Teen Group, students from Midwood High School’s Key Club, students from Brooklyn Technical High School’s Red Cross Club and Key Club, students from Edward R. Murrow’s Key Club, members from Bensonhurst Cluster Youth Ministry, students from Madison High School’s Key Club, members from Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School’s Key Club, members from John Dewey High School’s Key Club, among others.

Additionally, the Department of Sanitation will supply the groups with tools, gloves, and trash bags to assist them in the clean –up effort. All volunteers will receive community service hours and be treated with free refreshments in appreciation of their hard work.