Valley Glen Takes Aim At Community Clean-Up With Social Media, Mobile and Ground Crews

It’s a trash-talking and trash-walking event!

Come help the Valley Glen community tackle trash blight, graffiti and cast-offs this year with a unique combination of social media, mobile teams and on-the-ground cleanup crews. The half-day project, on Saturday, November 12th, will start at 8:00 a.m. and conclude around noon.

Anyone interested in helping on the one-day project can email info@vgna.org to register or call Council District 2 Field Representative Sahag Yedalian at 818-755-7676 to sign up. Information on the project will be posted at www.vgna.org, www.gvgc.org and www.paulkrekorian.org.

In a partnership with LA City Councilman Paul Krekorian and the Greater Valley Glen Council, the Valley Glen Neighborhood Association is leading a community cleanup project to compete for a Clean Streets LA award. About 50 local Los Angeles communities will compete for recognition and cash awards.

The project will combine a posse of driving patrols reporting via myLA311.com with on-the-ground youth cleanup crews armed with rakes, shovels and trash bags. The effort will deploy teams for a street-by-street assessment of six basic districts of the greater Valley Glen area and identify abandoned waste hot spots. Volunteers will use cell phones to document trash and post activity to Facebook, Twitter and other media.

Volunteers will meet at the command post located at the southeast side of Valley Glen Community Park. The park is bordered by Allott Avenue, Erwin Street and Ethel Avenue.

There will be free coffee and donuts courtesy of Lusy’s Mediterranean Café & Grill and a free lunch.