Earth Day 2009 is coming up, and it’s time for Oakland’s annual cleanup extravaganza. Check the Oakland Earth Day website to find a project near you, and join in the weekend of April 18th and 19th.
SATURDAY EVENTS IN & NEAR WESTLAKE:
40th Street Median Project, 9 am to noon
Meet at 40th and Shafter to clean up the median.
Mosswood Earth Day Cleanup, 9 am to noon
Meet at Mosswood Rec Center to clean sidewalk, curbs, and medians.
Mosswood Dog Park Gravel Spreading, 10 am to noon
Meet at the Mosswood Dog Park to help spread new decomposed granite (yay!) that the City is supplying.
Richmond Boulevard/Glen Echo Creek Cleanup, 9 am to noon
Meet at 3600 Richmond Boulevard to cut, clean up, and plant.
Lake Merritt Cleanup, 9 am to noon
Meet at 568 Bellevue (off of Grand) to clean up Lake Merritt.
Lakeside Garden Center, 9 am to noon
Meet at 666 Bellevue (off of Grand) to clean up Lakeside Garden Center.
First Christian Church Cleanup, 9 am to noon
Meet at 111 Fairmount (at 29th) to clean sidewalk, curbs, and medians.
Glen Echo Park Cleanup, 9 am to noon
Meet at Glen Echo Park (just east of Piedmont between Monte Vista and Montell) to clean up the park.
Morcom Rose Garden Cleanup, 9 am to noon
Meet at 700 Jean to clean up the Rose Garden.
Can’t come on Saturday? There’s a special Sunday event this year, too!
SUNDAY EVENTS IN & NEAR WESTLAKE:
Mosswood Earth Day Cleanup & BBQ, noon to 5 pm
Meet at Mosswood Park near Broadway and West Mac to continue Saturday’s cleanup, have some food, and play some frisbee. Food will be provided by, among others, Bakesale Betty and Lanesplitter’s Pizza. (Plan to come? RSVP on Facebook.)
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