Get ready to roll up your sleeves, Minneapolis, because the 30th annual Earth Day Clean-Up is back on April 20 to tackle the trash and take back our parks, from 9:30 am to 12 pm, city-wide efforts are underway to spruce up the green spaces we all love—and no sign-up is needed, just your can-do spirit and maybe a bit tolerance for dirt, according to the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board.
Volunteers across the whopping 44 clean-up locations will be armed with bags and gloves provided by Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board staff, together with folks who just love a good clean fight against litter your efforts will not go unnoticed as the muck and mess of winter is put to rest, and yes, that includes the klatch of recyclables trying desperately to blend in with the scenery.
A tip of the hat goes to Associated Bank, this year's Earth Day sponsor, ensuring the collected clutter gets the heave-ho courtesy of City of Minneapolis Solid Waste and Recycling; since 2008, these eco-friendly events have rid our parks of over 165,000 lbs. of garbage, so says the official Earth Day Clean-Up flyer, which also serves as your treasure map to all the clean-up hotspots, as per the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board.
But wait, there's more—the Boom Island Park is also playing double duty as it hosts the 9th annual Earth Day 5K Bee Run/Walk and Cleanup, complete with music, infotainment booths, and a scenic trot along the Mississippi River, participants and their four-legged pals can don costumes if they please and buzz their way from the park to the 3rd Avenue Bridge, all the while learning a thing or two from the Great River Coalition, which has more details squirreled away on their website.
