The September Adopt-A-Spot event was a bit more quiet than usual. It seemed as though there wasn’t much activity in the parks that day. Nonetheless, we were able to collect garbage along the north and south side of the river from Constitution Park, over to the Cottonwood Park, the trail along the north side of the river and up to 700 North. Everyone grabbed a big green garbage bag and trash-picker-upper and off they went in all directions.

The city provided us with sidewalk chalk to write friendly notes in English and Spanish, (in lieu of signage that is still in the works). You may have seen our sidewalk art and messages. We wrote notes such as: “Please use the garbage cans,” “No tiene basura, por favor,” “Love your parks!” “Please don’t litter” “Tiene un buen dia!” The kids loved writing helpful messages on the sidewalks – the notes seemed to last more than a week before it rained, so we know lots of trail-users were able to see them.

We are planning our last Adopt-A-Spot event on Saturday, November 7th, from 11-2pm. We will meet at the east parking lot of the Northwest Rec Center again – this is the area near the soccer field (and dumpsters) 1200 W 300 N. AND, if you’re coming, you might as well bring your glass to be recycled, and any clothing items to be donated. Both collection bins are located right at that location!

Thanks for coming out last month – it was great to see you, and we all appreciate your efforts in keeping our trail and river clean and beautiful. See you next month!

Look for announcements about the next Adopt-A-Spot event on our website and facebook page.