“We invite all of our Peekskill neighbors to join us in the 3rd annual celebration of Earth Day by doing what helps restore our communities and the planet. Every choice we make to live more sustainably and every piece of trash we remove contributes to a healthier and cleaner Peekskill City and environment for everyone. We are putting out a call for all volunteers to help with this clean-up,” stated Sabina FlaggPresident of the Friends of the Peekskill Dog Park.
The Peekskill Community Garden and the Friends of the Peekskill Dog have change into companions as a result of proximity of our places, and keenness for sustainability within the City of Peekskill. The backyard has been working in the direction of increasing its membership, together with including extra plot beds, water storage tanks, a chilly body for early-season rising, meals scrap drop-off, and compositing. Within the entire progress, they’ve gathered a number of trash/particles, that requires clean-up.
WIN Waste Innovations will likely be supporting this cleanup, by offering instruments, gear, volunteers, and complimentary removing of the particles collected. WIN Waste embeds sustainability into each step of its waste and recycling providers, which embody changing post-recycled waste into renewable electrical energy at our native Peekskill waste-to-energy facility.
The Friends of the Peekskill Dog Park will likely be internet hosting a raffle to assist the efforts of ongoing clean-up days, together with canine park enhancements: shade sails, canine wading swimming pools, a group bulletin board, and new additions to our general beautification of the Peekskill Dog Park.
Raffle tickets may be bought on the day of the occasion – $5 for one raffle ticket and $20 for five tickets. These funds are essential to helping the canine park in its repairs. Items embody various-sized canine leashes, sweaters, halters, collars, plushy canine toys, and different dog-related gadgets.
“We are really excited about helping get the park spruced up once again,” says Mary UrbanWIN Waste Senior Director of Communications and Community. “It is right in line with our business of cleaning and greening the places we call home. We couldn’t be prouder to be part of a community that provides great open spaces and areas for our communities to come together.”
This Earth Day Cleanup occasion is being coordinated on the native degree by varied companions, together with the City of Peekskill, Win Waste Innovations, and Home Depot. For extra info, please go to www.friendsofthepeekskilldogpark.org or electronic mail them at [email protected]
