Lewis said community groups and environmental organizations will be there to answer questions and offer hands-on activities for all ages. There also will be classes at Cincinnati State for those interested in recycling and local wildlife.
The educational series runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Volunteers interested in picking up litter, recycling, painting and cleaning up the parks should report at 8 a.m. to the campus, 1 N. Main St. They should dress in comfortable working clothes and shoes, he said. Gloves and garbage bags will be given to volunteers. Dump trucks and dumpsters will be in strategic locations and volunteers can put bags in the trucks, he said.
Jeff Michel, director of KMB, said the event is successful because groups select what parks they want to clean up, and typically the areas are where they play their games.
“It gives them pride in their community,” he said. “There is a tie there. And after the day, they will police it. It’s like having 1,000 more pair of eyes out in the community. That’s why it’s so rewarding.”
For those interested in signing up, go to www.keepmiddletownbeautiful.com.
Michel said from 8 a.m. to noon Oct. 25, KMB will participate in the Great Miami River Clean-up and volunteers are needed. He said last year about 100 volunteers from the area cleaned up the river and it was “a great success.”
Lewis also said that the city planted 30 trees last year, and given the reduction in staffing and the budget, he was pleased with that number of trees.
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