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It’s Time: Register your Philly Spring Cleanup Day 2016 Project!

Want to give back to your community? We’ve got a day in April for ya.

The Philadelphia Streets Department announced that registration for the 9th Annual Spring Cleanup Day is now open! You pick a project and can pick up supplies from the city, including:

  • Trash bags
  • Rakes
  • Paint & Brushes
  • Gloves
  • Shovels
  • Brooms
  • Recycling Bins

This year’s Cleanup Day will be on Saturday, April 9th.

Submit your Philly Spring Cleanup Day projects two ways:

  1. Apply online
  2. Download the application & mail it to:Carlton Williams
    Deputy Commissioner
    City of Philadelphia – Streets Department
    730 Municipal Services Building
    1401 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
    Philadelphia, PA 19102

You must submit applications by April 1, 2016. (AKA April Fools!)

Julie Hancher

Julie Hancher is Editor-in-Chief of Green Philly, sharing her expertise of all things sustainable in the city of brotherly love. She enjoys long walks in the park with local beer and greening her travels, cooking & cat, Sir Floofus Drake.

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