Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Martin Luther King Day - Day of Service

First Creek Watershed Cleanup, January 17, Tacoma, WA., Martin Luther King Day of Service - Participates: First Creek Middle School, University of Washington Tacoma (Environmental Sciences Dept), University of Puget Sound (Football Team), First Creek Church, Grace Methodist Church, TEAM (Tacoma Eastside Action Membership), First Creek Neighbors, Green Tacoma Partnership and Pierce County Stream Team, and other friends. This is a yearly event, join us next year and help make our environment better.















This was a very successful day, with 126 volunteers signing in. We removed Ivy and Blackberries, a lot of liter and trash and we improved the sidewalks on two sites, East 34th and First Creek and also at Fairbanks and First Creek. Thank you to everyone who participated, good work!

Two albums of additional photos:
To view the albums below, it's best to right click on the link and then open in a new window.

http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=272293524408%3A804448659&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=eMail-_-Share-_-Photos-_-Sharee Photographs by Dan Fear

http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=472293524408%3A2050329176&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=eMail-_-Share-_-Photos-_-Sharee Photographs by Al Harmon

Our next major Cleanup Event will be on April 16th.
Other smaller work parties occur throughout the Spring and Summer. If you are interested in volunteering please contact Dan Fear at (253) 304-2808 or danfear@hotmail.com
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