Everybody who joined us for the Echo Park clean up this past Saturday is probably well aware of the perils of using plastics bags (we have all been warned!!!!). Well, Julia, one of our dedicated board members, came across this article today and after going to the event this Saturday she thought she would share it with the group. It seems, as one of our volunteers was saying on Saturday, although there is a lot of talk on the issue, not a whole lot of action.
Click here for the link
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Thank you to everyone who came out to clean up last weekend!
We wanted to thank all of you who came out to help us clean up Echo Park on Sunday! We know, there was no sunshine as promised, and we apologize for that. Above is a picture of just some of the trash that we picked up...Go team! (Yeah, the picture is terrible, we know, cell phone camera...John forgot his camera...even though he was reminded to bring it...)
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Reminder: Echo Park Clean Up February 22
Hi all readers, just wanted to let everybody know that our next clean up will be Sunday, February 22 at 10 am in Echo Park. As many of you know, there has been a spat of crime in the Silver Lake/Echo Park area in recent weeks, particularly around Sunset Blvd. It would be great to get a lot of people to come out and help clean up the area and show some community involvement and solidarity while cleaning up the area!
We will be meeting at 10 am at the corner of Sunset and Alvarado (and it's a Sunday, so free metered parking, which is nice), you will see us in the green t-shirts on that corner.
As always, you can sign up at the service website, here, or just e-mail us so that we get an idea of numbers. We are looking forward to a great event!
We will be meeting at 10 am at the corner of Sunset and Alvarado (and it's a Sunday, so free metered parking, which is nice), you will see us in the green t-shirts on that corner.
As always, you can sign up at the service website, here, or just e-mail us so that we get an idea of numbers. We are looking forward to a great event!
Monday, February 16, 2009
They Like Us, They Really Really Like Us!!!
Ummm, or they don't. Some people do not care too much for people who want to make the city a better place, nor do they care about following the rules of grammar....anyway, thought we would share a recent sign up we received for one of our events. Taking it in a light-hearted manner, it is rather funny! Below we will try to answer this person's concerns.
You're [sic] "shiny happy people" approach to "cleaning up
the neighborhood" is a f***ng joke like all of you
little hitler youth in the making. What is your
affiliation with USAservice.org? Are you aware of
Obamas [sic] little non profit youth brigades? hitler juge
To answer the inquiries
(1) Our affiliation with USAservice is that it provides a convenient forum for people to sign up to events and receive information. That's about it.
(2) Are we aware of Obama's little non profit youth brigades? No, we cannot say we are. But are those people volunteers? We could always use more of those...
Thanks for the posting though, we know that we are not making a difference until people start caring, whether in productive or unproductive ways, so at least this lets us know we are on the right track. Plus, it required you to sign up, so now it looks like we have one more person coming to our clean up event! Thanks!
You're [sic] "shiny happy people" approach to "cleaning up
the neighborhood" is a f***ng joke like all of you
little hitler youth in the making. What is your
affiliation with USAservice.org? Are you aware of
Obamas [sic] little non profit youth brigades? hitler juge
To answer the inquiries
(1) Our affiliation with USAservice is that it provides a convenient forum for people to sign up to events and receive information. That's about it.
(2) Are we aware of Obama's little non profit youth brigades? No, we cannot say we are. But are those people volunteers? We could always use more of those...
Thanks for the posting though, we know that we are not making a difference until people start caring, whether in productive or unproductive ways, so at least this lets us know we are on the right track. Plus, it required you to sign up, so now it looks like we have one more person coming to our clean up event! Thanks!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
L.A. Stormwater Program Map
Came across this earlier today and thought it would be a good little map to share. It is a map from the L.A. Stormwater Program that lays out the high trash areas of Los Angeles, roll over to see "high," "medium," and "low."
Really interesting.
Click here to see the map.
Really interesting.
Click here to see the map.
Echo Park Clean Up on February 22!!!
Hi all readers, just wanted to let everybody know that our next clean up will be Sunday, February 22 at 10 am in Echo Park. As many of you know, there has been a spat of crime in the Silver Lake/Echo Park area in recent weeks, particularly around Sunset Blvd. It would be great to get a lot of people to come out and help clean up the area and show some community involvement and solidarity while cleaning up the area!
We will be meeting at 10 am at the corner of Sunset and Alvarado (and it's a Sunday, so free metered parking, which is nice), you will see us in the green t-shirts on that corner.
As always, you can sign up at the service website, here, or just e-mail us so that we get an idea of numbers. We are looking forward to a great event!
We will be meeting at 10 am at the corner of Sunset and Alvarado (and it's a Sunday, so free metered parking, which is nice), you will see us in the green t-shirts on that corner.
As always, you can sign up at the service website, here, or just e-mail us so that we get an idea of numbers. We are looking forward to a great event!
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Follow up on Echo Park Clean Up
We just wanted to thank everybody who came out to the Echo Park clean up on January 31st, we had a great group of volunteers and could not have had a successful day without all of your efforts!!!!
Below are some pictures from our clean up, though, the battery on our camera died, so sorry for having a limited amount of pictures!!!
Two of our younger volunteers drawing people toward our event!:
Jose Sigala, of the Echo Park and Elysian Park Neighborhood Council, speaking before the clean up:
Andrea, giving out nametags (she loves, loves nametags):
The tools provided by the city, much appreciated:
Food provided by the Neighborhood Council, just as appreciated!!!!:
Below are some pictures from our clean up, though, the battery on our camera died, so sorry for having a limited amount of pictures!!!
Two of our younger volunteers drawing people toward our event!:
Jose Sigala, of the Echo Park and Elysian Park Neighborhood Council, speaking before the clean up:
Andrea, giving out nametags (she loves, loves nametags):
The tools provided by the city, much appreciated:
Food provided by the Neighborhood Council, just as appreciated!!!!:
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