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Category Archives: Clean-ups
Sightlines Employees Mark Jenkintown Storm Drains!
A sunny, dry afternoon provided the perfect time to do a little something different from the day-to-day routine for Sightlines LLC in Jenkintown, PA this Thursday. Ten employees from their Jenkintown building helped to mark an estimated 50 storm drains … Continue reading
Posted in Clean-ups, Flooding, Sewers
Tagged Storm drain markings, trash, volunteers
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LOVE Your Park Tacony Creek Park Clean-Up A Success!
This past Saturday morning, Tacony Creek Park got some much needed LOVE from dozens of volunteers of all ages. Tacony Creek Park is this year’s signature park for LOVE Your Park Week, which made both TTF and the creek very … Continue reading
Posted in Clean-ups, Events, Plantings, Tacony Creek Park Area, Trash, Trees
Tagged Clean-up, LOVE Your Park Week, Tacony Creek Park
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Tree Planting, Garden Weeding, Street Cleaning Extravaganza!
On April 21 this Earth Day Weekend, TTF led volunteers from City Year, Arcadia University, and the Chew and Belfield Neighbor’s Association in planting seven trees, weeding a nearby community garden and picking up trash in and around the Chew … Continue reading
Storm Drain Marking in Wyncote
TTF recently led fifteen Arcadia University students in marking over twenty storm drains in Wyncote in Cheltenham Township. These storm drain markers serve to remind people that our storm drains are not trash cans! They are designed to carry water … Continue reading
Rock Creek Riparian Buffer Planting at Cedarbrook Middle School
TTF joined Cedarbrook Middle School students and teachers, Earth Force, and NAM Planning & Design, LLC three days last week to install a riparian buffer on the school grounds. The work started with removal of Japanese knotweed and Phragmites, two … Continue reading
Posted in Clean-ups, Events, Kids, Partners, Plantings, Trees, Wyncote/Glenside
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Terrific Clean-Up in Jenkintown!
Thank you to all of our enthusiastic and resourceful volunteers who made our Jenkintown clean-up a huge success! We were joined by members of the community in addition to a large group from Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) in Aston, … Continue reading
Posted in Clean-ups, Events, Jenkintown, Trash
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Great Cleanup at the Tacony Creek Park!
This past Friday, TTF hosted a service learning opportunity for students from the ACE Mentor Program. We were also joined by community residents, employees and co-ops from the Philadelphia Water Department and a Park Ranger from the Philadelphia Department of … Continue reading
Juniata Golf Club Stream Cleanup a Big Hit!
Our stream cleanup event at the Juniata Golf Club was a huge success! We were joined by the Philadelphia Water Department’s Office of Watersheds and their Waterways Restoration Team, volunteers from the Kintock Group, a representative from State Senator Christine … Continue reading
Don’t Let Spring Cleaning Stop at Your Indoor Spaces!
This past weekend, Lesley and I joined with Reverend Williams and a group of 30-40 volunteers to participate in Mayor Nutter’s Philly Spring Clean-Up 2011. In bright orange vests, we split into smaller groups and raked, swept, and picked up … Continue reading
Posted in Clean-ups, Events, Partners, Recycling, Trash
Tagged Philadelphia, recycling, Reverend Williams, street clean-up
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Huge Cleanup by the Tacony Creek Park!
Thanks to all of our volunteers who came and helped out with the Philly Spring Cleanup at the Tacony Creek Park! We had huge success in cleaning up an area that suffers from lots of littering and short dumping. We … Continue reading
Posted in Clean-ups, Tacony Creek Park Area
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