Details
- Kick-Off Event - To Be Decided
- Mendon Sign-Up Page
- Clean up Waiver (PDF): Return waivers by emailing the Parks Commission or dropping off at the Mendon Town Hall.
- Pick up supplies at: Custom Home Realty
32 Hastings Street, Suite 201
(first floor vestibule, adjacent to the Muffin House) - Supplies may be picked up anytime from April 12 to April 27
- Leave your filled bags on the side of the road at your registered location, and the Highway Department / DPW will pick them up.
Scouts & Honor Students
Doing the Earth Day cleanup could help earn a Scout Ranger badge. To learn more, visit the Blackstone River Valley Website.
For honor students, see if the cleanup can serve as community service hours. For Mendon, email Dan Byer for sign-offs on service hours
Important Safety Tips
- Wear rubber latex work or garden gloves and bright colored clothing (including long pants and sleeves) and use a safety vest if available.
- Use a trash-grabbing tool if possible.
- Clean up in the direction of oncoming traffic and closely supervise children.
- If you find a needle, syringe, or any drug paraphernalia, do not touch it. Contact the police with location Information.
- Immediately after the cleanup, wash your hands and arms and change your clothes. Also, do a tick check.
- Tick and Mosquito Personal Protection Tips (PDF)
- Do not pick up trash in poison ivy unless you have a grabbing tool; if you are unfamiliar with what it looks like, see the example photos.