Elmhurst Clean & Green

Dedicated to the Beautification of Providence Neighborhoods

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EC&G Updates

Saturday, August 13th, 2011

Would you like to be involved in our group? Perhaps help to plan a neighborhood clean up, plant trees or raise funds for community projects? Then come to our next meeting or drop us a line at contact@elmhurstcleanandgreen.org for more details. Check back here or on our Facebook page for more updates! Have you been [...]

Thanks to our volunteers!

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Have you noticed that the corner of Oakland and Smith is clean once again and has been landscaped? What about the traffic island on Chalkstone in front of the hospital? Weeded and mulched…you can actually see the perennials! Yes indeed…all thanks to our hard working and dedicated volunteers. Thank you all! Another improvement you may [...]

Earth Day Event – Sat. 4/9 – 11:00am-1:00pm

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

Please join us next Saturday, April 9th for our 4th annual Earth Day neighborhood beautification event!   We will be meeting at Twitchell Park on Oakland Ave. between 10:30-10:45 am for coffee, snacks and instructions.   The park is located between Smith St. and Chalkstone Ave., across the street from the Nathanael Greene School.  There is parking on Higgins St., [...]

Successful Neighborhood Clean Up

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

Our clean-up event on October 2nd went really well and what a great group we had!   In addition to cleaning many of the area streets we also planted a garden in front of Nathanael Greene School and weeded many of the tree wells on Smith St.  We had over 60 people participating!   A huge thank you to our dedicated EC&G volunteers, teachers, [...]

EC&G UPCOMING EVENTS

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Greetings Folks! This Saturday 10/2 is our next neighborhood clean up.  We are meeting at Nathanael Greene Middle School (Raymond St. side) at 9:30 am for coffee and instructions and will get started at 10:00 am.  We hope that you will consider helping out for as long as you are able.  Bags and gloves will be [...]

Next EC&G Meeting Tue 9/21

Sunday, September 19th, 2010

Our next EC&G meeting will be on Tuesday, September 21st at 7pm and I am happy to say being held at the Alliance Francaise, newly located at 928 Smith St. (the large white house across from Fargnoli Park).  Topics of discussion will include:   Neighborhood Clean Up - Saturday 10/2 – logistics, volunteers Farmers’ Market  – Update, PR [...]

‘Neighborhood Pride’ Day, Saturday 10/2

Saturday, September 4th, 2010

On Saturday, October 2nd from 10am-1pm we will once again join together to spruce up the neighborhood.  Please save the date!  We are looking for volunteers.  We will definitely be cleaning up parts of Smith St. and other areas of concern.  More details to follow soon.  Check back with us!   To volunteer, please email us at [...]

EARTH DAY EVENT SAT. 4/24

Monday, April 19th, 2010

Next Saturday, April 24 we are holding our annual Earth Day event in conjunction with PC’s Service Day.  We are very pleased that along with PC students we will be joined by a group of JWU students.   All volunteers are welcome – come for as long as you can – even an hour will help! 9:00 am [...]

CELEBRATE EARTH DAY WITH US!

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

We are holding our annual Earth Day celebration event on Saturday,  April 24th from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm.  Everyone is welcome!  Any time that you can commit would be great…even an hour would help.  Joining us once again will be the fantastic students from Providence College! We’ll be cleaning up sections of some of the major [...]

Neighborhood Improvement Day Pics

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Here are some pictures from Neighborhood Improvement Day on October 31.