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Help Darke County Clean-Up!!
Do you want to help Darke County look it’s best? Join the Darke County
Solid Waste District in our third annual Darke County “Trash Bash”
Community Clean-up Day on Saturday, April 9 & 10, 2011. By
participating, you help create a good impression on prospective
employers, professionals, and others who visit our “clean” county.
According to a 2000 Yankelovich study, almost half of all Americans
(48%) admit to having littered in the past 10 years and it shows on
many of our roads, parks, neighborhoods and work sites. Where there is
litter, people do not feel safe. Everyone deserves to live in a
community that is healthy, safe, clean and beautiful, and we all have a
role to play in achieving this goal. Through your volunteer efforts,
clean-up will be focused on approximately 400 miles of Darke County’s
most traveled county and township roads. These roads were chosen with
the help of Darke County Engineer, James Surber and County Highway
Garage Superintendent, Shane Coby.
How can you participate? The Darke County Community Clean-Up day is
scheduled for April 9 & 10, 2011, rain or shine. The collection is
set to begin at 8:00 a.m. The district is looking for numerous groups
of 4 to “pound the pavement” at their assigned 2-mile locations
picking-up bags of trash and recyclables. Clean-up groups can be
started with friends from school, work, church, and volunteer
organizations or clubs and there’s no age limit for volunteers. Call
the district at 937-547-0827 to register your clean-up group or to
offer in-kind support. Sign-up forms can also be found on the
district’s website: www.co.darke.oh.us/solidwaste , click on the
recycling events tab. Forms must be turned in by March 1, 2011.
Each group will be given black bags for trash and clear bags for
recyclables. For separating the recyclables from the trash, each group
will be awarded $40.00 for participating. Awards will be given to Darke
County non-profit organizations only. There is no limit to the number
of groups that an organization can enter. County highway employees will
follow assigned routes and will pick-up bags left on the targeted
collection roads on April 11, 2011.
So, Darke County, Let’s Clean-Up!!
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