JOIN A SPRING LITTER CLEANUP!
EVENTS ANNOUNCED ACROSS TOMPKINS, SENECA, AND CAYUGA COUNTIES!
Ithaca Rotarians Spring Rt 13 Highway Cleanup
Saturday, April 20, 9-11am, Lansing
Calling all volunteers! The Ithaca Rotary Club is seeking volunteers from the community to join Rotarians to help clean a section of Rt. 13, from the Stewart Park to the Triphammer exits. The cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, April 20 (Earth Day Weekend) and we will meet at 9:00 am at the Tops Triphammer Road parking lot. We gather as a group, then break into small teams and head out to clean the highway for about 2 hours. All necessary supplies needed for the cleanup will be provided including gloves, hard hats, vests, garbage bags and picker uppers. Dress for the weather and be sure to wear sturdy shoes. If rain is forecast, we will postpone to another date. This is a fun project and we encourage community volunteers to help us keep the gateway to our community free from trash and looking good. If you can join, please contact Ithaca Rotarian Bob Gravani, bobgravani@gmail.com.
Etna Nature Preserve/Fall Creek Cleanup
Saturday, April 20, 10am-12:30pm, Freeville
Earth Day Celebration to follow at Hopshire Farm & Brewery, 2-5pm, all are welcome!
The Finger Lakes Land Trust and Cayuga Lake Watershed Network are partnering to clean up trash from along the banks and floodplain of Fall Creek. Please help both organizations to clean up an important waterway and beautify a scenic stretch of road. Cleanup supplies, including pickers, gloves, and trash bags will be provided. A good portion of the road frontage is along a rather busy state highway, but volunteers can stay inside of a guardrail for the vast majority of this stretch of road. Volunteers will be required to wear a Hi-Vis safety vest and signs will be placed along the road to alert drivers. Vests will be provided, but if you have a favorite one, please feel free to bring it. Sturdy hiking boots or sneakers are required. Parking directions and instructions will be shared before the event. This event will be capped at 20 participants, so please only RSVP if you know you can be there. RSVP for this work day by emailing jasongorman@fllt.org or calling 607-275-9487.
Earth Day Ditch Cleanup with Howland Farm Museum (Aurora)
Saturday, April 20, 10-12pm
Rain or Shine!! This is the 4th year cleaning up ditches that all are a part of our watershed. Each year we’ve had more people show up to help so hope to see you there!
Check out event for details: wear waterproof boots. Bright jacket / hat. Bring work gloves.
We will be cleaning up about 1/2 mile worth. Short, easy walk.
Tru-Uly Earth Care Day & Cleanup
Saturday, April 20, 10am-2pm, Trumansburg
Be sure to stop and say hello to Watershed Network volunteers at our table!
It’s happening again! Come for the Trash Pickup, stay for the EVs, no-mow signs, hands-on activities, earth care information, and more. Music, Food & free Coffee! Rain for Shine. Gloves, vests, trash bags, and pickers will be available. Wear sturdy shoes and weather-appropriate clothing. This is an outside event at the Trumansburg Farmers Market. Event details are posted on Facebook HERE.
Ludlowville Community Cleanup
Saturday, April 20th, 1-3pm, Ludlowville
Volunteers can meet at the Ludlowville Falls parking lot and work together to clean up Ludlowville Road and the roadside drainages and ditches that lead to Salmon Creek. Cleanup supplies including gloves and pickers will be provided. Everyone is welcome! Wear sturdy shoes. Contact Travis Kitch, travis.kitch.08@gmail.com for details.
Taughannock Blvd. Annual Cleanup with WSNA
Saturday, April 20, 9-11am, Ithaca
Join the West Shore Neighborhood Association for fun and frolic during their Annual Trash Pickup along Taughannock Blvd! Meet at the Hangar Theater Parking Lot before spreading out along the route between Cass Park and just past the Glenwood Pines. Please RSVP to westshorecayuga@gmail.com.
Mynderse Academy Seneca Green Club Earth Day Community Cleanup
Saturday, April 20, 9:30-11:30am, Seneca Falls
Meet at the Mynderse Academy, 105 Troy St. in Seneca Falls to pickup litter around the community! Gloves and bags will be provided. All are welcome! Questions? Contact Brab Reese Barb Reese breese@senecafallscsd.org.
Cayuga Lake Waterfront Trail Cleanup with Greenstar
Sunday, April 21, 10am, Ithaca
Join the Greenstar Co-up on Sunday, April 21 at 10:00 AM at 770 Cascadilla St. for a morning of outdoor spring cleaning and planting! We’ll focus on our co-op’s grounds and GreenStar’s adopted section of the Cayuga Lake Waterfront Trail (towards the old store) to help make our watershed a little healthier and our Co-op environment a little lovelier. Dress for the weather, wear boots, and bring garden gloves, litter grabbers, shovels or clippers if you have them, or anything else that will help! Contact membership@greenstar.coop for more information, or sign up here!
Aurora Shoreline Earth Day Cleanup
Monday, April 22, 10am, Aurora
In observance of Earth Day, The Cayuga Lake Watershed Network, Cayuga Climate Action and Poplar Ridge Friends Meeting in Aurora NY are once again encouraging everyone to get outdoors and help clean up our shorelines. We will meet at the junction of Poplar Ridge Road and Route 90, Aurora. We would like to cover the area from Paines Creek northward to the Wells College boathouse. Bring your own gloves if you would like, safety vests, disposable gloves, and trash bags will be provided. Wear suitable shoes if the ground is wet. Contact David Eckhardt with any questions by email dae5@cornell.edu or mobile 315-224-2551.
Newfield Greenup Day 2024
Saturday, April 27, registration 9am-12pm, Newfield
Rain date: Saturday, May 11
The registration table will be set up in front of the Newfield Town Hall from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on April 27th. At the registration table each person/group will register what strip of road they are covering, get a handout for guidelines, get black bags for trash and white bags for recycling, and borrow grabbers and any other equipment as available from the Cayuga Watershed Network. All borrowed equipment is to be returned to a bin in front of the Newfield Town Hall by the end of the day on Saturday, April 27th. This is so that the Cayuga Watershed Network can retrieve the equipment and make it available for other future cleanup events. All bags of trash and recycling will be left at/near the nearest intersection to the strip of road that each individual/group is registered at. Then the registry of the roads that we cover will be given to the Newfield Highway Department and they will pick up all of the Newfield Greenup Day bags on the following Monday, April 29th and deliver all that is collected to the Tompkins County Waste & Recycling Center. It is very important to register what road area that you are covering so that the Newfield Highway Department knows where to pick up what we collect. Any questions can be directed to Newfield Greenup Day Organizer, Mitch Raymond, at mitchraymond614@gmail.com.
3rd Annual Frontenac Park Cleanup Day
Saturday, May 6, 9:00-11:00 am
Volunteers Needed! Our beloved Frontenac Park needs some work. We are looking for members of the community that would be willing to come down and help clean up the park to prepare for the upcoming summer season.
Some of the tasks that we are looking to accomplish on cleanup day are:
- Shore Line clean up (New sand arriving first week of May, Weather dependent)
- Pull weeds and laydown mulch around Gazebo and trees within park.
- Clean out BBQ grills.
- Rake wood chips on playground
- Picking up sticks in park
The following tools are needed if volunteers would be willing to bring with them to allow for a plentiful number of tools.
- Rakes
- Shovels – Flat and pointed.
- Trimming Sheers
- Gloves
- Wheelbarrows
If you have any questions, please contact Village Trustee Jeremy Smith at (315) 730-3887 call or text.
Stay tuned for more to come…!
Don’t see an event in your area yet and want to organize one? Contact steward@cayugalake.org
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