Fight The Blight Volunteer Day

The next Fight the Blight Volunteer Day is Saturday, March 19, 2011 from 10:00am-1:00pm.  Fight The Blight project is a great partnership between the city, neighborhood organizations, non-profits and volunteers from throughout the community.  Help out this weekend! The project will be targeting a five block radius of open schools, playgrounds, and high traffic commercial corridors.


The five locations for the 2nd “Fight the Blight” Volunteer Day will be:

• Harrell Stadium, 2400 Leonidas St. (District A)
• Taylor Park, 3101 Washington Ave. (District B)
• Cut Off Center, 6600 Belgrade St. (District C)
• St. Bernard Center, 2500 Filmore Avenue (District D)
• Sampson Playground, 3101 Louisa St. (District E)

Activities will include litter abatement, strategic demolitions, grass-cutting, neighborhood beautification, code citing, and painting. Volunteers are encouraged to bring gloves. 

Please join the efforts. To volunteer for this Saturday’s effort, sign up online Click Here. 



*Photo Credit: http://globalgreen.org/blogs/holycross/life-in-the-nine/fight-the-blight-day-in-holy-cross/*