Eckington Spring Clean 2007!

Spring clean up April 28th 2007
10am until 4pm

Please join THE Eckington civic association, Emery Elementary school, city year young heroes, Hands on DC, MCKinley technical high school, THE edgewood civic association, north capitol main street, xm satellite radio and the DPW helping hands Program. For the largest community improvement project we have ever held.


Where do we meet?
The event will start and finish at Emery Elementary School at 1720 First Street NE.
Our day will run from 10am until 4pm with a break for lunch at 12:30 at Emery where lunch will be provided. We will break up into teams and head out into the community to work.
Tools will be provided by City Year, DPW Helping Hands and Hands On DC.

What will we be doing?
There are a wide range of project you may work on, painting murals, gardening and weeding in pocket parks, cleaning streets and alleys, painting inside Emery, painting parking lot lines, creating a large tree box at the school.

Our goal is to clean from:
-North Capitol Street east to 4Th Street Ne
-Rhode Island Ave NE south to Florida Ave NE.

Collection points for the trash will be:
-First St NE at R St NE
-R St NE and Eckington Place NE
-4th St NE at V St. the corner of Lincoln Rd and Rhode Island Ave
-the corner of Seton and 3rd St.


Why should I take part in this project?
We need your support to make this happen. 100 of our high school and middle school young people will be taking part in the clean up. Your time and effort will make you a true agent of change for a better DC.