The teams of volunteers fanned out to clean dozens of city blocks.
By Nancy Peckenham
The streets of Newburgh are cleaner today thanks to efforts of 200 volunteers who took part in Saturday’s Community Clean-up organized by Safe Harbors of the Hudson. The volunteers divided into teams and picked up trash, using rakes and their hands, along the streets from South Street to Renwick Street and from Dubois Street to the river.
Kristen Cronin of Safe Harbors reports that the crews filled seven 30-foot dumpsters with trash, removed over 60 tires and two dozen mattresses, and filled hundreds upon hundreds of trash bags.
Lots of energetic young people joined the clean-up effort and also took part in the educational program about litter and contamination. Crews from the department of public works also took part, focusing on city-owned properties.
Volunteers kicked back at the barbeque after the clean-up.
Following the morning clean-up, participants enjoyed a barbeque prepared by the Newburgh Lions Club with food donated by the Lions and Freihofers. More than two dozen organizations and businesses also pitched in to donate services and materials for the event. They are:
Bedinotti Photo
City of Newburgh
City of Newburgh Department of Public Works
Concept Promotions
Corrina Little
Debbie Major
DMU Music
Freihofer’s
George & Liz Garrison
Grainger
Helping Hands Ministries
Hogar
Hudson Baylor
Karen Mejia
McDonald’s
Mobile Life Support Services, Inc.
Mount Saint Mary College
Newburgh Free Library
Newburgh Lions Club
Nursing Honor Society, Mount Saint Mary College
Papaleo’s Auto Body, Inc.
Ritz Theater
Safe Harbors of the Hudson
Simple Gifts & Goodies
St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital
Street Rock Ministries
SUNY Orange
Taylor Biomass
Von Essen Boar’s Head
William Bush a.k.a. “Prez”
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