April 14, 2008
Earth Day Service Projects
Check out these Earth Day volunteer opportunities!
All service projects will take place on Saturday, April 19th from 9:00-11:00 a.m. For all projects, volunteers need to wear all weather clothing, sturdy shoes, a hat, sun screen, and bring water. Trash bags, gloves, and vests will be provided at all trash clean-up sites. There is no need to sign up for these projects. Regardless of weather, someone will be at each of the sites to give further instructions on the status of the projects. All service project participants can go to the SCA tissue booth at the Earth Day event (south lawn of City Hall) from 11:30-4:00
p.m. to receive a FREE Earth Day t-shirt!
Check out the opportunities below:
1. Olivia White Hospice Garden Service Project
Spring has arrived and gardeners everywhere are armed with fork and spade! Join trained
garden volunteers to get the beautiful Olivia White Hospice Garden ready for this year’s
growing season. The jobs for this service project are weather dependent but may include any
of the following:
• Weeding;
• Cleaning (sweeping walkways, removing cinders, washing benches or pots);
• Putting out hardscape (pots, birdbaths, statues, tea pots);
• Mounting a new bluebird house.
Contact Person/s: Anne Sheridan (928) 213-3612 or asheridan@ci.flagstaff.az.us
Project difficulty (1-easy, 5 difficult): 2-3
What Volunteer Should Bring or Wear: Gardening gloves would be helpful.
Meeting Location: Olivia White Hospice Home ~752 N. Switzer Canyon Drive. Flagstaff, AZ
86001. There is no parking at the Hospice Home. Please park in the church parking lot across
Turquoise Avenue. People can also park on Turquoise Avenue going North if they’d like.
2. McMillan Mesa Clean-up Project
We will walk the McMillan Mesa Flagstaff Urban Trail System (FUTS), picking trash and
pulling invasive weeds, searching out wildlife, and discussing land use issues.
Contacts Person/s: Tony Ayers 774-1736 or Anne Cotten 773-1220 (Master
Naturalist/Watershed Steward volunteers)
Project difficulty (1-easy, 5 difficult): 2
What Volunteers Should Bring or Wear: Feel free to bring a camera, binoculars, and wildlife
identification books.
Meeting Location: Mesa FUTS at northern end of N Hemlock Way.
3. Southside Beautification
The corridor of South San Francisco Street is a high traffic area both with foot and vehicle
travel. Currently there is only one trash can located on this ¾ mile section. Due to the high
traffic along this corridor there always seems to be an abundance of litter along the side walks,
in drainages, entangled in fences and in the Rio de Flag. This project will concentrate on litter
clean up along the San Francisco Street corridor and on various side streets. Lets all work as a
team to beautify the South Side!
Contact Person/s: Allison Laramee (928) 679-8163 or alaramee@coconino.az.gov
Project difficulty (1-easy, 5 difficult): 1-2
Meeting Location: Walle Aquatic Center Parking Lot, north campus of NAU
Project Location: Southside, South San Francisco Street corridor
What Volunteers Should Bring or Wear: Volunteers might want to wear galoshes if they have
them.
4. Sinclair Wash Clean Up
Community Clean Up of Sinclair Wash. We will be picking up litter along Sinclair Wash
behind Willow Bend. Safety guidelines, bags, and gloves will be provided. Help Keep
Flagstaff Beautiful and participate in the Sinclair Wash Clean Up!
Contact Person/s: CeAnn Myers (928) 213-3601 or cmyers@ci.flagstaff.az.us
Project difficulty (1-easy, 5 difficult): 4-there is some hiking involved in this clean up,
volunteers will need to pick up litter and carry their garbage bag.
Meeting Location: Willow Bend Environmental Center, 703 E. Saw Mill Rd. Clean Up location
is at Lone Tree Rd. and Saw Mill Rd, parking at Willow Bend.
5. N. Izabel Street Clean Up
Community Clean Up of Izabel Street. We will be picking up litter along Izabel Street. Safety
guidelines, bags, gloves, and vests will be provided. Help Keep Flagstaff Beautiful and
participate in the Izabel Street Clean Up!
Contact Person/s: CeAnn Myers (928) 213-3601 or cmyers@ci.flagstaff.az.us
Project difficulty (1-easy, 5 difficult): 2-3
Volunteers will need to pick up litter and carry their garbage bag.
Meeting Location: Coconino High School (north parking lot), 2801 N. Izabel Street
6. Sunnyside graffiti clean-up
Cleaning up graffiti.
Contact Person/s: Matt Mrazek (928) 679-8167 or mmrazek@coconino.az.gov
Project difficulty (1-easy, 5 difficult): 1
What Volunteer Should Bring or Wear: Please wear old clothes that you don’t mind getting
paint on!
Meeting Location: Meet at Big Lots Parking Lot (2560 E 7th Ave)