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Category Archives: Trash
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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Working to Clean our Watershed on the MLK Day of Service
This Martin Luther King Day, hundreds of volunteers rallied together to beautify the streets of Germantown around the Awbury Arboretum. The event was organized by Rev. Chester Williams of the Chew and Belfield Neighbors Club. The group of over 160 … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Germantown/East Mt. Airy, Partners, Trash
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Car Bumpers, Muddy Bikes, and Traffic Barricades—Oh My!
We had a great group of volunteers from the Hackley School (Tarrytown, New York) come join us for a clean-up at Tacony Creek Park on Thursday, October 13th. With the expert guidance of Tacony Creek Park expert, Jackie Olson from … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Kids, Tacony Creek Park Area, Trash
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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
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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TTF Adopted Electronic Waste Code of Ethics at Recycling Drive
With the incredible swimmer/activist Christopher Swain and a fantastic crew of committed volunteers, TTF collected 8,337 pounds of electronic waste at Cedarbrook Middle School last weekend in spite of fierce winds and freezing temperatures. It will be processed in accordance … Continue reading
30 Days to Cleaner Streets — Final Results
November is over and we couldn’t be more thrilled with the results from our 30 Days to Cleaner Streets campaign! In fact, we had so much fun leading this campaign that we are going to keep it going all year … Continue reading
Posted in Cleaner Streets Campaign, Plastic, Recycling, Trash
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30 Days to Cleaner Streets Update — Week 3
We’re 22 days into November and our 30 Days to Cleaner Streets campaign is moving along fabulously! This week, we had our most bizarre piece of litter for the whole month. Albert found William Shatner’s “The Transformational Man” CD on … Continue reading
Posted in Cleaner Streets Campaign, e-waste, Trash
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30 Days to Cleaner Streets Update — Week 1
Well, it’s been a great start to our 30 Days to Cleaner Streets campaign! Check out all of the trash info that’s been added to our Trash Map so far. Most of the trash we’ve found so far has been … Continue reading