Echo Park Earth Day Clean Up April 25!

Join the LA Neighborhood Clean Up Project at 10 AM on April 25 in Echo Park for a (post) Earth Day clean up!!! We know Earth Day is actually April 22, but we thought we would make it easier on everybody to take the time to show up. We are meeting at the corner of Sunset and Echo Park Blvd, in the Walgreens parking lot. As always, we will provide donuts from Tang's!

You can sign up on our USA Service website: http://www.usaservice.org/page/event/detail/4rxyg

Check it out and sign up!

As always, you can also follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/LANCUP

Success!

We had a great day at the Koreatown clean up! It was great to see so many familiar faces and so many new ones. Special thanks goes out to the Key Club for bringing so many people to help with the clean up. This area was especially dirty and it took a lot of elbow grease but everybody should be really proud of hte efforts made today and we had a lot of community members who were really appreciative and supportive, which is what it is all about. Below are some pictures from the event!

Distributing supplies at the beginning of the event:


Distributing more supplies:


George from the city, helping out with supplies:


Are we secret agents of clean up?


Tommy came out again, he's our favorite actor/cleaner!


George likes our donuts!

John was really excited about something here:

Some of our volunteers coming back with trash:

A successful day!

Some of the trash we collected:

Koreatown Clean Up Sunday, March 29 at 10am

All, our next clean up will take us over to the edge of Koreatown! We will be meeting at the corner of 3rd and Vermont on Sunday, March 29th at 10am. As always, look for the people in the green t-shirts. We will be working with the city to provide supplies, so all you need to bring is an enthusiastic attitude and that's about it.

Sign up at our service page here


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Battery Disposal

Julia Miller, one of our board members, has been asked a couple of times about the proper disposal of batteries - if you have been to one of our events she is usually the one walking around with batteries in her hands. She passed along the following note so I figured I would share it with all of you

Hello LANCUPpers!

I had a few people ask me about battery disposal on Sunday, and I thought it might be useful to post some info on the blog about where to go to take used batteries. This webpage: http://dpw.lacounty.gov/epd/Recycling/crm.cfm, provides info on how to get the battery information, plus a lot of interesting info on recycling (like what can be recycled in LA, and what can't).

Julia

Photos from Silver Lake clean up

Thanks again to all of our volunteers who turned out for the Silver Lake clean up on March 15. Below are some pictures from the clean up and everybody should come out for out next event in two weeks in Koreatown!

Our group before it heads out for the clean up:


Our volunteers have fun!


Trash in broken news bins makes us sad though :(


But, we find time to laugh


Andrea is all business when she is planning


Again, nothing but business!


The city is kind enough to bring supplies for the clean ups!


Just some of the trash we picked up in Silver Lake

Silver Lake Clean Up March 15

Join us on Sunday, March 15 at 10 am for a clean up in Silver Lake. The clean up crew will meet on the corner of Griffith Park Blvd and Sunset Blvd in the small park located at that intersection. Just look for the people in the green t-shirts!

Click here for a link to our service sign up page!

Clean Up Schedule

Here is a calendar of those clean ups that we have scheduled for the coming month. If you are interested in helping to organize a clean up or want have a clean up in your area, feel free to e-mail us and let us know!

Sunday, March 15, 10 am in Silver Lake: Meet at the corner of Sunset Blvd and Griffith Park Blvd in the small park, free metered parking on Sunday!

Sunday, March 29, 10 am in Korea Town: Exact meeting location still to be determined, but if you have a specific area you think we should go to, let us know.

Sunday, April 12, 10 am in Eagle Rock: Currently being organized with one of our Eagle Rock members, details to follow

Sunday, April 19, 10 am in West Los Angeles: Currently being organized with one of our west side residents, details to follow.