Apr. 14-WalMart associates have answered the call to help in this year's annual "Great Columbus Cleanup" sponsored by Keep Columbus Beautiful in cooperation with the Cleanup/Beautification Taskforce of the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce.
"We have 10 associate volunteers who will be out today cleaning up the green space around the store as well as the property to the southeast owned by Leo Thiele," said Kris Greenlee, electronics department manager. "We heard about this project from Karla Schaecher at the chamber of commerce and decided it was time for us to step up and help out with this project."
WalMart associates were to begin their work at 1 p.m. today, starting out at Thiele's driveway located just southeast of the store, and picking up litter east to the fence line of the Thiele subdivision and through the pasture on the north side of the WalMart building.
"I'm so proud of everyone at Wal-Mart who helps out and volunteers all around our community in the schools and food pantry and so many other places," she said.
Keep America Beautiful's "Great American Cleanup" is, according to the nationwide organization, the nation's largest community improvement program.
The program runs annually from March 1 through May 31 with an estimated three million people involved each year.
Keep Columbus Beautiful in cooperation with The Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce Cleanup/Beautification Taskforce has scheduled community clean-up activities through remaining days of April, including events in observance of Earth Day April 22.
"We so appreciate all the people who are joining together for this year's Great Columbus Cleanup," said Schaecher, office manager at the chamber. "Kris Greenlee heard about the Great Columbus Cleanup and called the office to learn more about it, and we were very excited too when we learned that 30 students will be volunteering to do a graffiti removal event April 25."
Community volunteers are encouraged to participate in the remaining events which include:
-9 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday: an Electronics Recycling Event will be held by Keep Columbus Beautiful at the Columbus Family Resource Center, 3020 18th St.
-Noon-3p.m., Sunday: Trash Trek on 33rd Avenue beginning at the Chamber & finishing at Super Saver. This will include Pawnee Park if enough volunteers join the effort.
-Noon-4 p.m. April 22: WalMart associates will work to clean up the arterial beginning at the traffic light west of the store and continuing to Loup's power house or possibly 18th Avenue depending on the weather and the number of volunteers.
-April 25: Motorist Litter Awareness Day. Banks and fast-food drive-throughs will offer litter bags from Keep Columbus Beautiful.
-April 25: Graffiti Removal event. A group of 30 Columbus High School students have volunteered to work on this project. Property owners who are interested in having graffiti removed from their property or structures should call 563-4224.
-Noon-3 p.m. April 26: Trash Trek on 23rd Street from Goodwill Industries to Tractor Supply Company (TSC). Volunteers are encouraged to participate. For more information, contact Schaecher at 564-2769.
Schaecher encourages leaders of local youth groups, civic and other community groups to call for information on helping with the various Columbus Cleanup events.
"We appreciate all the community leadership who are promoting the Great Columbus Cleanup," Schaecher said. "If many will get involved in a little way it can result in a much larger impact that a small number of people trying to such a big job."
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