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Help clean up your
city parks and lands by lending
a helping hand.
The City-Wide Clean Up will take
place Saturday, April
28th 8:15 AM until Noon
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Mayor Gill to
promote third annual “Go Green
and Clean” campaign as part of
Earth Day Celebration April 22
at the Discovery Center
Mayor Laurie R. Gill will kick
off the City of Pierre third
annual “Go Green and Clean”
campaign on Sunday, April 22
during a celebration of national
Earth Day at the South Dakota
Discovery Center. The Go Green
and Clean campaign is a “call to
service” campaign where citizens
and/or organizations are asked
to consider volunteering a few
hours of time to conduct a
cleanup activity within the
community.
The South Dakota Discovery
Center is holding an Earth Day
celebration from 1 to 4 pm on
Sunday April 22. Admission to
the Center is free. Mayor Gill
will speak to those attending
that day at 1:30 pm. Anne Lewis,
a member of the City of Pierre
Park and Recreation Advisory
Board and staff member of the
Discovery Center said she is
excited about the number of
activities that will be offered,
“We are planning to have tables
where citizens can learn more
about how to reduce, reuse and
recycle.” Lewis said any
organization or community group
with an interest in
conservation, environmental
protection, gardening,
beautification, etc. that would
like to participate can contact
her at the Discovery Center for
more information. The number to
call is 224-8295.
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Mayor Gill says the city wide
clean up event is scheduled for
Saturday, April 28. Citizens and
organizations that would like to
volunteer to assist should
contact Tom Farnsworth, Director
of Parks and Recreation at
773-2527. Volunteers are asked
to meet at Hillsview golf course
club house at 8:15 am. After a
short briefing, cleanup
activities will be conducted
from 9 am to Noon and then
volunteers will return to
Hillsview for a lunch and
receive a free “Go Green and
Clean” t-shirt. Volunteers are
asked to bring gloves, rakes and
shovels. One of the activities
planned for the morning is to
plant trees on the golf course.
For more information or how you
and your organization can
assist, please contact Tom
Farnsworth at 773-2527 or e-mail
Tom.Farnsworth@ci.pierre.sd.us
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The City of Pierre promotes the Green
it Up – Fix it Up phase of the Go Green & Clean Campaign
by providing a free dump load at the landfill.