Elmhurst Clean & Green » Clean Up http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org Dedicated to the Beautification of Providence Neighborhoods Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:54:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 EC&G Updates http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2011/08/13/ecg-updates-2/ http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2011/08/13/ecg-updates-2/#comments Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:09:31 +0000 Robin http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/?p=637 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 to our Farmers’ Market at Fargnoli Park on Sundays 11am-2pm? If not, you’re missing out on freshly picked fruits and veggies from our RI farmers! Other goodies include all sorts of specialty sausages, baked goods, plants and flowers, vegan sweets, home-made granola, jams, pickles, relish…and more!

Each week at the Market we have activities for the kids. This Sunday 8/14, our member Jen will work with the children to make a mural. Stop by our ‘Kids Corner’ and join the fun!

So we hope to see you tomorrow at the Market – Fargnoli Park, Smith St. between Academy and River Aves., Sundays from 11am-2pm through October 30.

]]> http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2011/08/13/ecg-updates-2/feed/ 0 Thanks to our volunteers! http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2011/06/23/thanks-to-our-volunteers/ http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2011/06/23/thanks-to-our-volunteers/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:04:32 +0000 Robin http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/?p=617 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 have noticed is that the folks at the Capital Ridge Center and the RWMC have taken greater responsibility in keeping their sidewalks free of trash, leaves and debris. We thank them for their cooperation!

What else can be done? Would you like to volunteer? Let us know: contact@elmhurstcleanandgreen.org. Would love to hear from you!

]]> http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2011/06/23/thanks-to-our-volunteers/feed/ 0 Earth Day Event – Sat. 4/9 – 11:00am-1:00pm http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2011/04/05/earth-day-event-sat-49-1100am-100pm/ http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2011/04/05/earth-day-event-sat-49-1100am-100pm/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:55:08 +0000 Robin http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/?p=590 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., which is the side street adjacent to the Park and runs along Nathanael Greene.  You can also park in Greene’s lot which is off of Higgins.    

There is NO rain date scheduled.  If it is lightly raining, we will still be out!  Heavy rain or thunder/lighting and we will have to cancel.  Please check our website or Facebook page the evening before in case weather is bad. 

Gloves, trash bags and tools will be provided.  Don’t forget to dress comfortably!  
After finishing at 1pm, we will meet back at Twitchell Park.
We hope that you will join us! 
]]> http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2011/04/05/earth-day-event-sat-49-1100am-100pm/feed/ 0 Successful Neighborhood Clean Up http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2010/10/26/successful-neighborhood-clean-up/ http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2010/10/26/successful-neighborhood-clean-up/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:01:44 +0000 Robin http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/?p=510 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, students and family members from Nathanael Greene, members of PC’s Student Environmental group, students from the New Life Worship Center in Smithfield, neighbors and friends!   It was a pleasure working with all of you. 
Here are some photos of our volunteers getting ready to start the day!
]]> http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2010/10/26/successful-neighborhood-clean-up/feed/ 0 EC&G UPCOMING EVENTS http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2010/09/27/ecg-upcoming-events/ http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2010/09/27/ecg-upcoming-events/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:46:49 +0000 Robin http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/?p=492 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 provided.   

Volunteers are also needed on Saturday, October 16 at 9:30 am to help plant 36 new trees on River, Sharon and Rankin Sts.  To sign up, please contact Valentina at val_adamova@yahoo.com

Thanks for helping us make a difference in our community!

]]> http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2010/09/27/ecg-upcoming-events/feed/ 0 Next EC&G Meeting Tue 9/21 http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2010/09/19/next-ecg-meeting-tue-921/ http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2010/09/19/next-ecg-meeting-tue-921/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 02:23:08 +0000 Robin http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/?p=481 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
Trees – Plantings Fall ’10 and Spring ’11 – volunteers
Crime Watch – Current and future meetings and plans
Merchant’s Association – Update on progress
New Business
]]> http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2010/09/19/next-ecg-meeting-tue-921/feed/ 0 ‘Neighborhood Pride’ Day, Saturday 10/2 http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2010/09/04/neighborhood-pride-day-saturday-102/ http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2010/09/04/neighborhood-pride-day-saturday-102/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:54:16 +0000 Robin http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/?p=474 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 contact@elmhurstcleanandgreen.org.

Thank you!

]]> http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2010/09/04/neighborhood-pride-day-saturday-102/feed/ 0 EARTH DAY EVENT SAT. 4/24 http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2010/04/19/earth-day-event-sat-424/ http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2010/04/19/earth-day-event-sat-424/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:28:08 +0000 Robin http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/?p=421 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 - Meet at Davis Park.  Coffee and snack provided.
9:15 am  – Register, get assignment and t-shirt (first 125 volunteers).
10: 00 am – With ‘group leaders’, depart to project location
12:00 noon – Finish up.  Lunch will be provided at Davis Park.

Our projects include painting the concession stand, bleachers and benches, and cleaning up Davis Park and cleaning certain areas of Elmhurst and Smith Hill.   Unfortunately we cannot complete the tasks that we had scheduled for Fargnoli Park as it is opening day for baseball, but hope to do so in the near future.

Come join in the fun and community spirit and help make our neighborhoods a better place to live and work!  If you have any questions, feel free to ‘Contact Us’ through our web site.  See you at the Park!

]]> http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2010/04/19/earth-day-event-sat-424/feed/ 0 CELEBRATE EARTH DAY WITH US! http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2010/04/07/celebrate-earth-day-with-us/ http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2010/04/07/celebrate-earth-day-with-us/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:09:34 +0000 Robin http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/?p=406 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 streets such as Smith, Oakland, Chalkstone and Convent, priming the concession stand at Davis Park and planting some shrubs, trees and flowers.

If you can’t make it this time, please consider going out on your own at some point to pick up some trash or whatever else you can do to improve our parks and neighborhood!

Thank you very much everyone and please let us know if you have any questions.  More info to follow soon….keep checking our web site!

]]> http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2010/04/07/celebrate-earth-day-with-us/feed/ 0 Neighborhood Improvement Day Pics http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2009/11/11/neighborhood-improvement-day-pics/ http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2009/11/11/neighborhood-improvement-day-pics/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:49:53 +0000 Jim Rizzo http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/?p=312 Here are some pictures from Neighborhood Improvement Day on October 31.

Everett Brooks & students from JWU P1000017 P1000019 PC helping out! PC students ]]> http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2009/11/11/neighborhood-improvement-day-pics/feed/ 0