About 200 volunteers gathered on Saturday to plant drought-tolerant trees on the McKenzie Trail in southeast Fresno to help reduce carbon emissions, fight climate change and provide an attractive place for Fresnans to enjoy the outdoors. Fresno Bee
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Volunteers clean up the community in honor of MLK Day
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy of service, volunteers across Fresno pitched in to help clean up the community Monday. Volunteers gathered at the Sal Mosqueda Community Center to repaint the building, touch up signs and pick up trash. Many said it’s a place with a personal connection.
Keep Fresno Beautiful initiative kicks off in downtown Fresno
Dozens of volunteers picked up trash along Fulton Street Saturday morning for the first clean up event for Mayor Lee Brand’s Keep Fresno Beautiful effort. Around 40-to-50 volunteers showed up for the event, including the entire Fresno Monsters hockey team. They picked up trash between Tuolumne and Inyo streets. Read
Volunteers work to ‘Keep Fresno Beautiful’ through new city initiative
Trash bags piled up as a crew of Monsters and men cleaned up Mariposa Plaza Saturday, and as they wrapped up, some of the volunteers realized the mayor was right by their side. Lee Brand joined a few dozen people for the launch of the Keep Fresno Beautiful initiative, designed
To Keep Communities Beautiful ‘We Need People With Energy And Enthusiasm’
The Keep America Beautiful campaign, established in 1953, has motivated communities to clean their neighborhoods, and those efforts are now expanding into the City of Fresno and Kern County. Read more at KVPR
Fresno Bee – Tired of the trash on Fresno’s freeways? There’s a new plan to fix that
Fresno Mayor Lee Brand on Thursday announced a pilot program with Caltrans and the Measure C tax board to get Fresno’s freeways cleaned up. Read More at the Fresno Bee