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Celebrate Earth Day at the 16th annual Earth Day Watershed Cleanup on Saturday, April 17. The event will be held from 9:30 a.m.-noon at 37 cleanup sites located throughout Minneapolis (listed below). Sign up to volunteer at any of the sites on the morning of the event – gloves, bags and directions are provided. No pre-registration is required, but for groups of 20 people or more please contact Arik Rudolph at 612-230-6484.
2010 EARTH DAY CLEANUP SITES
Bluff St., 20 20th Ave. S
Cedar Lake, Cedar Lake Pkwy. & 25th St. W
Columbia Park, Columbia Pkwy. & 35th Ave NE, playground parking lot
Creekview Park, 5001 Humboldt Ave. N
Currie Park, 500 15th Ave. S
Dairy Queen, 4719 Lyndale Ave. N
Deming Heights Park, St. Anthony Pkwy. & Fillmore St. NE
East River Parkway & Franklin Ave.
Farview Park, 621 29th Ave. N
Father Hennepin Bluffs Park, 100 6th Ave. SE
Folwell Park, 1615 Dowling Ave. N
Fuji Ya, 420 1st St. S
Gluek Park, 1926 Marshall St. NE
J.D. Rivers’ Children’s Garden picnic site, Glenwood Ave. & Washburn Ave. N
Kenny Park, 1328 58th St. W
Kenwood Park, 2101 Franklin Ave. W
Lake Calhoun, 32nd St. W and W Calhoun Pkwy
Lake Harriet, 4135 Lake Harriet Parkway, band shell parking lot
Loring Park, 1382 Willow St.
Lynnhurst Park, 1345 Minnehaha Pkwy W
McRae Park, 906 47th St. E
Minnehaha Park, 4801 Minnehaha Ave. S
Minnehaha Parkway W & Lyndale Ave. S
ML King Park, 4055 Nicollet Ave. S
Nokomis Park, 2401 Minnehaha Pkwy. E
North Mississippi Park, 5114 North Mississippi Dr.
Pearl Park, 414 Diamond Lake Rd. E
Pershing Park, 3523 48th St. W
Phelps Park, 701 39th St. E
Powderhorn Park, 3400 15th Ave. S
Riverside Park, 2820 8th St. S
Sibley Park, 1900 40th St. E
Theodore Wirth Park, 3200 Glenwood Ave., Wirth Beach parking lot
Webber Park, 4400 Dupont Ave. N
West River Parkway & 24th St.
West River Parkway & 36th St.
West River Parkway & 44th St.
The Earth Day Watershed Cleanup began in 1995 to draw attention to the water quality improvement needs of Minneapolis’ lakes and the effects that individual actions have on urban water quality. The goal of Earth Day is to provide both a volunteer experience and environmental education to Minneapolis residents and park users.
Last year more than 3,000 volunteers removed over 30,000 pounds of trash at 41 cleanup locations in neighborhoods, parks and watersheds throughout Minneapolis.
For more information about the event, call 612-230-6484 or visit www.minneapolisearthday.com.
To raise funds for future Earth Day Cleanup efforts, the third annual Minneapolis Recycle Run will be held Sunday, April 18, at Lake Harriet. The event features a 5K Run and a Kids’ Half Mile Run. It is presented by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board and the City of Minneapolis. To register, visit www.minneapolisrecyclerun.com. For information or to volunteer, contact Arik at 612-230-6484 or arudolph@minneapolisparks.org.
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