Event will take place Saturday, May 7
On the first Saturday in May since 1994, hundreds of volunteers of all ages have come together to clean up our cities, neighborhoods and trails after the long winter.
This year, Clean Sweep falls on Saturday, May 7. Participation is free and easy. Meet at one of the following locations at 9 a.m. to register and grab garbage bags and gloves: the ERC office in Ketchum (471 Washington Ave.), KB’s in Hailey (121 N. Main St.), or Memorial Park in Bellevue (between Cedar and Elm). Complimentary breakfast snacks and coffee will be available. Fan out to pick up trash in your chosen area until 11:30 a.m. and then come back together with fellow participants to celebrate your good work with a free lunch provided by KB’s. There will be raffle drawings and team and individual prizes. If you’ve filled multiple bags and kept your eye out for any “Weirdest Items,” you or your team might win an award (costumes count, too!). Youth groups and businesses are encouraged to participate.
New to the event this year is the incorporation a dog waste pick-up effort at ERC-sponsored trailheads as well as a Croy Creek Road cleanup effort with the local National Interscholastic Cycling Association Team and the Wood River Bike Coalition.
In addition to the ERC’s Clean Sweep, there are two complimentary recycling events. On Friday, May 6 from 12-3 p.m., Cox Communications will provide free small electronics recycling (no TVs) and document shredding at the Cox Solutions Store (340 Lewis St., Ketchum). Blaine County and Southern Idaho Solid Waste’s “Clean Sweep Week” kicks off on Saturday, May 7, where community members can drop off appliances, wood waste and tires at no charge until May 14 at the Ohio Gulch and Carey transfer stations. For more details, contact the Ohio Gulch Transfer Station at (208) 788-2351.
This year marks Clean Sweep’s 22nd year and is slated to be our best yet! Celebrate the ERC’s longest running program while making our community even more beautiful!
For more information call (208) 726-4333, email hadley@ercsv.org or visit www.ercsv.org.