April 08, 2017
Philadelphia officials and residents turned out this weekend for cleanup projects throughout the city.
Saturday marked the 10th annual Philly Spring Cleanup, organized by the city's Streets Department to spruce up recreation centers, parks, sidewalks and other public areas. The event kicked off at 9 a.m. and is scheduled to run until 2 p.m.
Armed with trash bags, gloves, brooms and shovels, volunteers tried their best to spruce up the City of Brotherly Love.
This year, nearly 15,000 people signed up to participate in more than 700 projects to clean up neighborhoods, the Streets Department said.
Thanks to @PPD26Dist for all their help with this cleanup! #PhillySpringCleanUp pic.twitter.com/e0bmoYX3Ru
— Fishtown (@fishtown) April 8, 2017
A big thank you to the volunteers helping to clean up our parks at today's #PhillySpringCleanup! pic.twitter.com/N0E2tkfJJG
— Philly Parks & Rec (@PhilaParkandRec) April 8, 2017
The 10th Annual #PhillySpringCleanup #ZeroStartsWithOne @PhilaCleanSts @PhilaStreets pic.twitter.com/tyAlbM4VC2
— Eric Spector (@EricGSpector) April 8, 2017
We're saying #ZeroStartswithOne at #TaconyCreekPark with @PowerCorpsPHL @arcadia1853 @PhilaStreets! @RobIzzy_TTF: street #trash > creeks! 😳🐟 pic.twitter.com/BYzDw0SQiK
— TTF Watershed (@TTFWatershed) April 8, 2017
Bigs and Littles boarding SEPTA's #PhillySpringCleanup bus. The neighborhoods are going to sparkle today. Let's keep it clean! pic.twitter.com/qWYCWwt2kp
— Thomas J. Nestel III (@TNestel3) April 8, 2017
#SEPTA and @CityYearPhilly volunteers working side-by-side at FTC, cleaning the neighborhood. #PhillySpringCleanUp #SEPTACleanTeam pic.twitter.com/XNFocqjp6Z
— SEPTA MediaRelations (@SEPTANews) April 8, 2017
#PhillySpringCleanup underway at Hunting Park! Woohoo! #ZeroStartsWithOne pic.twitter.com/DuvaxvDFvv
— KeepPhillyBeautiful (@BeautifulPHL) April 8, 2017
Major respect for the Wissinoming Civic team! #phillyspringcleanup pic.twitter.com/ZaF11pQHfJ
— Rep. Jared Solomon (@RepJaredSolomon) April 8, 2017
The NBR volunteers are helping us for the #PhillySpringCleanUp! Join us in thanking them for their commitment to our community! #ThinkBroad pic.twitter.com/UdrKp7cviK
— North Broad (@ThinkBroad_) April 8, 2017
Starting the #phillyspringcleanup in Marconi. Join us! (@ Marconi Plaza in Philadelphia, PA) https://t.co/Bb4pWsIfcX pic.twitter.com/rL0oUi2pUn
— Simon Wolf (@spwolf32) April 8, 2017
In 2016, more than 600,000 pounds of trash was collected during last year's event.
