One Month Out, Promotion Held For Philadelphia’s “Spring Cleanup”

March 2, 2011 3:10 PM

(Photos by Karin Phillips)

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The City of Philadelphia’s fourth annual “Philly Spring Cleanup” is one month away, and a kickoff celebration was held today in North Philadelphia.

Music, dance, songs, drums, even an early barbecue drew crowds at the Village of Arts and Humanities as mayor Michael Nutter urged residents to come out for the annual Philly Spring Cleanup.

“Keep up the Sweep-Up, April 2nd. Let’s get out there, thumbs up!” he exhorted the crowd.

And streets commissioner Clarena Tolson was urging folks to set up their own cleanup projects: “Get outside. Look what needs to be done in your communities. We all need to volunteer in our own homes, our own places, where we live, in our communities. It could be a park, a rec center, a school even.”

For more information, go to PhillySpringCleanup.com.

Reported by Karin Phillips, KYW Newsradio 1060.

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One Month Out, Promotion Held For Philadelphias Spring Cleanup

Charlie Sheen

If “Philly Spring Cleanup” was a daily event…it would take 246 years to clean up North Philadelphia. 13 of thoses years would be needed just to pick up all the empty bags of Doritos and empty bottles of Grape soda. I’m dancin’ and beatin’ drums and holla’n’

Nique

Whoever this “CHARLIE SHEEN” person is needs to go take a nap. You have nothing better to do than make ridiculous jokes?

What you said about North Philly was true tho. Its filthy in many parts of this city. The difference between you and them is, they were out promoting and supporting a good cause. You were sitting behind your computer screen being ignorant. #FAIL