In the months leading up to Memorial Day, 17-year-old Christian Juvet decided to restore a massive concrete American flag in his local California park for his Eagle Scout project. Juvet said he noticed that the concrete flag memorial was in “disarray, had graffiti on it, skid marks, all sorts of
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This 12-Year-Old Decided to Do Something About Park Trash
Going past Logan Park while heading to school 18 months ago, Ryan Trevino saw trash strewn all over the place and thought, “Why doesn’t someone do something about it?” That “someone” turned out to be Trevino, a 12-year-old who attends Manchester GATE. On Saturday, Ryan and 100 other volunteers picked
101 volunteers come together for Logan Park clean-up
More than 100 volunteers came together to clean up Logan Park on Saturday as a part of Beautify Fresno. One hundred and one volunteers picked up 83 bags of trash, three shopping carts full of garbage, a mattress, and a dresser, equaling approximately 635 pounds of trash. The event was
Beautify Fresno volunteers get 1,265 pounds off the streets in a single day
Beautify Fresno is still working tirelessly to clean up the city. Saturday, 118 volunteers focused their efforts on the Shields and West area. They picked up 132 bags of garbage, weighing in at 1,265 pounds. Read more on FOX 26’s Website
Beautify Fresno Celebrates First Great American Cleanup with 12 Citywide Projects and Over 1,000 Volunteers
1,191 volunteers took part in 12 community cleanup and beautification projects across this city this morning as Beautify Fresno celebrated its first Great American Cleanup as part of its affiliation with Keep America Beautiful. More than 10,500 pounds of trash and litter were removed from streets, parks, highway embankments and riverfronts,
Hundreds of volunteers clean up nearly 10,000 pounds of trash during Beautify Fresno event
Hundreds of people spent Saturday morning planting trees and cleaning up garbage around the city during Beautify Fresno’s ‘Great American Cleanup’ event. From 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., 1,191 volunteers cleaned up nearly 10,000 pounds of trash throughout 10 different sections of Fresno. Read more on Yourcentralvalley.com’s Website
Beautify Fresno volunteers clean up nearly 1,000 pounds of trash in Old Armenia Town
This week’s Beautify Fresno event was another success, the City says. Beautify Fresno was hoping for 50 volunteers for its cleanup around Old Armenia Town. In total, 92 donated their time and effort. Read more on FOX 26’s Website
Beautify Fresno volunteers picked up over 1,600 pounds of trash across the city Saturday
Beautify Fresno is ramping up its efforts. The agency put on two different cleanup events Saturday morning. 136 volunteers showed up for a cleanup at Clinton and Marks, gathering 151 bags of trash — that totaled in at 1,147 pounds. Read more on FOX 26’s website
How city leaders are helping ‘forgotten Fresno’
City crews have already started trimming trees, removing graffiti, and repairing potholes in Fresno’s North Avenue neighborhood. Read More on ABC 30’s Website
Beautify Fresno unites community voices through cleanup projects
With 51.2 billion bits of litter accumulated on American roadways every year, almost no one can call themselves a stranger to observing these pesky scraps cluttering their own cities. Beautify Fresno is changing Fresno’s landscape and adding pride to its community. Read more about this on The Feather