Volunteers Needed for Community Cleanup Work Across County

Community cleanups are planned around Prince George’s County on Saturday, April 5, to celebrate Earth Day and volunteers are welcome.

All cleanups start at 9 a.m. and end at noon, followed with a volunteer celebration taking place at Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial Stadium, 2400 E. Capitol Street, S.E. in Washington, D.C.

Most events are still in need of volunteers and students are encouraged to participate to earn their Student Service Learning hours, according to a news release.

The Prince George’s County Department of Environmental Resources will help lead some of the cleanup sites and has provided cleanup materials and supplies needed, including roll-off containers, litter grabbers and gloves. 

Cleanup events will include the following: 

• Bladensburg Waterfront Marina/Park, Bernadine Sandy 301.779.0371

• Lower Beaverdam Creek (Beaverdam Estates/Kentland), Ms. McKinney 301.346.1653

• Brier’s Mill Run Group (Brier’s Mill Run, William Wirt Middle School),Cindy Daymont 301.641.3464. 

Tires collected at site to be stacked next to containers for separate collection by DER’s Waste Management Division

• Cool Spring Elementary School Parking Lot, 8910 Riggs Road, Adelphi, Ms. Sydney Jacobs 301.221.4984

• Hard Bargain Farm, 2301 Bryan Point Road, Brenda Wright 240.320.5056or 301.292.5665 or Karen Miles 301.751.0543

• Oxon Hill Farm, 6411 Oxon Hill Road, Raymond Whitacre, 301.839.1176

• Riverview Estates, 11002 Mariner Drive, John Chesley 301.292.2274

• Ft. Washington Marina, 13600 King Charles Terrace, Bruce Wagner301.292.7700

• National Colonial Farm, 3400 Bryan Point Road, Tricia Hardin301.283.2113

• Tire Drop off Site, Hard Bargain Farm parking lot, 2800 Bryan Point Road (for tires collected at cleanup sites without County roll-off containers), Brenda Wright 240.320.5056

For more information about an individual cleanup, contact the name listed next to the site location.

For additional Earth Day Month Celebrations taking place in the County throughout the month of April, visit http://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/sites/environmentalresources/Pages/default.aspx.