2009 What a SUCCESS!

Thank you all for participating in the 2009 Town Cleanup & Beautification!

One of the first action items to tackle was a Community Cleanup. Nina Grobben took this action item by the horns and rallied the community together. Volunteers were garnered, flyers distributed door to door and hung up around town, people with trucks, trailers, dump trucks, loaders and strong backs were enlisted. As the day approached, sometime in April around Earth Day, everyone gathered and began the trek through town. A staging station was set up at Sauvola’s Old Gas Station, walkie talkies were buzzing through the town. “Where are you?” “We need someone to help unload?” “Caravan is moving to Silver Crown street.” What fun the two days were. Tony’s provided coffee and water, volunteers brought potluck food, lots of laughs and hard work. In all that first year was a huge success. This last year we added green waste and tree trimming services.

The town cleanup has happened since 2007. Volunteers meet at the old gas station across from Tony's Market on "Earth Day" weekend. They bring gloves and whatever heavy equipment they have. After the cleanup, we have a pot luck barbeque (bring some food, have some fun). The cleanup has been self funding primarily through the recyling of aluminum cans and vehicle batteries. The volunteers have been reimbursed for gas and dump fees. We recycle anything we can.

Look forward to working with you this year. Cleanup dates are scheduled for April 17th and 18th.
Free Metals Day at the Kettle Falls Landfill is April 25th.

Special thanks to Ray Fitzgerald for the use of his old faithful dump truck. Thank you to all the community volunteers that showed up Saturday or Sunday. It was great to see your smiling faces. A good time was had by all!

Please save your aluminum cans and vehicle batteries for next year's cleanup.

For more information on how to get involved or to have us visit your house contact:

Your donations of labor, money or food help us to support the clean-up.

We especially need aluminum cans and vehicle batteries.

The results in 2007

40 vounteers
Approximately 15 tons of garbage
30 tons of metal
177 vehicle batteries
478 pounds of aluminum cans
over 40 families were helped

The results in 2008

28 volunteers
Approximately 15 tons of garbage
30 tons of metal
many, many vehicle batteries
252 pounds of aluminum cans
over 25 families were helped

The results in 2009

47 volunteers
Approximately 7 tons of garbage
100 tons of metal
5078 pounds vehicle batteries
835 pounds of aluminum cans
over 48 homes/families were helped
Several tons of green waste was hauled to the Godes property for composting