Free Recycling Event!
Saturday May 20th 9am-1pm at Leominster DPW Yard, 109 Graham St, Leominster, MA

Open to all persons, not only Leominster residents.

Ward 1&6 City Sponsored Cleanup
8:00 AM 12:00 PM
44 Wanoosnoc Road Fitchburg, MA, 01420United States

Saturday May 6th, 2023 8am-12pm: Ward 1&6 City Sponsored Cleanup, Former FLLAC School at 44 Wanoosnoc Rd, Fitchburg, MA 01420

Salvation Army Canteen Truck on site – Light Breakfast & Lunch

Street Sweepers out – sweep sand onto street for pickup – not in large piles.

TVs and Monitors accepted for only a $10 fee!

Keep Fitchburg Beautiful Volunteers will be supporting the city during it's officially sponsored Ward Cleanup days.
Saturday April 29th from 8am-12pm is a Ward 1 & 6 focus.

Meet/Park at the parking lot at 44 Wanoosnoc Rd, Fitchburg, near the State Pool.

All are welcome to join and help.

Dumpsters will be available at each location for bulk items and non-residential trash found throughout the ward.

DPW staff will be available to aide in picking up large items that volunteers are unable to bring to the transfer sites, as well as curbside trash bags from large neighborhood clean ups.

City personnel will be available at each transfer site to assist with the disposal.

DPW Street Sweepers will also be out in the wards during each ward cleanup.
Please sweep sidewalk debris onto the street, however, kindly refrain from creating piles!

Lite refreshments will be provided for breakfast and lunch at the transfer site.

The Health Department will supply yellow trash bags, gloves and masks at each event.

Please report back to us streets you have cleaned... and even better... share a picture in our Facebook Group "Keep Fitchburg Beautiful"

keepfitchburgbeautiful@gmail.com

Ward 2&3 City Sponsored Cleanup
8:00 AM 12:00 PM
Daniels St Park

Saturday April 29th 8am-12pm: Ward 2&3 City Sponsored Cleanup, Daniels St Park, 2 Fairmount St, Fitchburg, MA

Salvation Army Canteen Truck on site – Light Breakfast & Lunch

Street Sweepers out – sweep sand onto street for pickup – not in large piles.

Keep Fitchburg Beautiful Volunteers will be supporting the city during it's officially sponsored Ward Cleanup days.
Saturday May 6th, 2023 from 8am-12pm is a Ward 2 & 3 focus.

TVs and Monitors accepted for only a $10 fee!

TIRES WILL BE COLLECTED OFF-RIM from Central Mass Mosquito Control Project- FREE

SUGGESTED STREETS FOR CLEANUP: (alphabetical order)

Allen Place (particularly around 50 Allen Place)
Ashburnham St to Phillips St
Cleghorn St - Trash and also weed overgrowth---could use weed wacker and shovel
Depot St bottom near bridge
Fairmont St from Fire Station up to Reingold School
Federal St
Franklin Road between Causeway St (Memorial) to Beech St
Franklin St at Rollstone St (Banking between Franklin and Kimball)
Fulton St at Leighton St (empty lot filled with litter)
Princeton Rd. going toward Rt. 2
River St.
Westminster St. toward Monty Tech.

Meet/Park along the street at Daniels St Park at Daniels & Fairmount St, in front of the Restoration Recovery Center.

All are welcome to join and help.

Dumpsters will be available at each location for bulk items and non-residential trash found throughout the ward.

DPW staff will be available to aide in picking up large items that volunteers are unable to bring to the transfer sites, as well as curbside trash bags from large neighborhood clean ups.

City personnel will be available at each transfer site to assist with the disposal.

DPW Street Sweepers will also be out in the wards during each ward cleanup.
Please sweep sidewalk debris onto the street, however, kindly refrain from creating piles!

Lite refreshments will be provided for breakfast and lunch at the meetup site.

The Health Department will supply yellow trash bags, gloves and masks at each event.

Residential Tire dropoff (without rims, max 10 tires per resident) FREE by Central Mass Mosquito Control Project

Please report back to us streets you have cleaned... and even better... share a picture in our Facebook Group "Keep Fitchburg Beautiful"

keepfitchburgbeautiful@gmail.com

Join us for another season's garden cleanup.

Sunday April 23, 2023 9am-12pm

We'll be raking up the past growth, raking up leaves and debris, cleaning litter around the park, trimming old growth, cleaning, and preparing for another growing season.

All are welcome to join us and help us create a vibrant community garden space for all to enjoy.

If you're interested in a garden bed, please come and sign up with Josiah Richards - cleanup work is not required.

Fitchburg Celebrates: Earth Day 2023
Date: Saturday, April 22, 2020
Time: 10am-2pm

Location: Corner of Main St/Putnam St (Old Johnsonia lot), 520 Main St Fitchburg Mass

The City of Fitchburg will be hosting its second annual Earth Day event. This year the event will consist of local organizations/vendors providing a mix of information/products (for sale) to the public. It will be an outdoor event held on the lot located on the corner of Main St/Putnam St. (Old Johnsonia lot) in downtown Fitchburg.

Our Mission: To create awareness of the effect pollution is having on our Earth & to educate how to adopt environmentally sustainable habits & to take action.
To create awareness of the effect pollution is having on our Earth & to educate how to adopt environmentally sustainable habits & to take action.

https://fitchburgcelebratesearthday.simple.ink/

Music by Magic Island 1-2pm
Ice Cream Truck by Uhlman’s Ice Cream

Resources & Vendors:
Growing Places
Greening the Gateway Cities
NewVue Communities
Grow Native Massachusetts
The National Rural Water Association
Mass Master Gardners Association
Orangetheory Fitness Leominster
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
The Good Food Farm
Fitchburg Trail Stewards
Uhlman’s Ice Cream

Abolitionist Park Area Cleanup: Cherry / Blossom / North / Crescent St Cleanup
9:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Fitchburg Abolitionist Park

Saturday April 22nd, 2023 8:30am-12pm Fitchburg Ward Cleanup - Meet at Fitchburg Abolitionist Park, 48-50 Snow St Fitchburg

Hosted by the Friends of the Fitchburg Abolitionist Park

Bags/Gloves provided

On April 22nd, we will be landscaping, trimming branches from the snow, and spreading mulch at Fitchburg Abolitionist Park, as part of the regular Ward 5/neighborhood clean up.
Want to help out?
Please stop by the Park, starting at 8:30.
Gloves, tools, trash bags and water will be provided.

Also Litter Cleanup area around downtown / North St, Snow St, Cherry St, Day St area

Meet/Park at the Abolitionist Park at 42-50 Snow St

All are welcome to join and help; many hands make light work .

We will have bags and gloves to give away and grabbers for borrowing.

Please report back to us streets you have cleaned... and even better... share a picture in our Facebook Group "Keep Fitchburg Beautiful"

keepfitchburgbeautiful@gmail.com

Meet/Park at the Abolitionist Park at 48-50 Snow St

All are welcome to join and help; many hands make light work .

We will have bags and gloves to give away and grabbers for borrowing.

Please report back to us streets you have cleaned... and even better... share a picture in our Facebook Group "Keep Fitchburg Beautiful"

keepfitchburgbeautiful@gmail.com

Ward 4&5 City Sponsored Cleanup
8:00 AM 12:00 PM
82 Academy St Fitchburg, MA, 01420United States

Saturday April 22nd 8am-12pm: Ward 4&5 City Sponsored Cleanup, High St Prkng Lot at Pleasant St & Academy St

Salvation Army Canteen Truck on site – Light Breakfast & Lunch

Street Sweepers out – sweep sand onto street for pickup – not in large piles.

TVs and Monitors accepted for only a $10 fee!

Meet/Park at the High St parking lot at the corner of Academy St.

All are welcome to join and help.

Dumpsters will be available at each location for bulk items and non-residential trash found throughout the ward.

DPW staff will be available to aid in picking up large items that volunteers are unable to bring to the transfer sites, as well as curbside trash bags from large neighborhood clean ups.

City personnel will be available at each transfer site to assist with the disposal.

DPW Street Sweepers will also be out in the wards during each ward cleanup.
Please sweep sidewalk debris onto the street, however, kindly refrain from creating piles!

The Health Department will supply yellow trash bags, gloves and masks at each event.

Residential Tire dropoff (without rims, max 10 tires per resident) FREE by Central Mass Mosquito Control Project

Please report back to us streets you have cleaned... and even better... share a picture in our Facebook Group "Keep Fitchburg Beautiful"

keepfitchburgbeautiful@gmail.com

Keep Fitchburg Beautiful Volunteers will be joining the Fitchburg Dog Park Volunteers cleaning up litter in the area around Coolidge Park on Sunday April 16th, 2023 from 9am-12pm.

Meet in front of the Fitchburg Dog Park for litter bags, grabbers, gloves etc.

We'd like to clean up around the walking trail, play courts, and wherever the litter exists!

DOG PARK:
We will also be cleaning up the dog park, raking leaves, cleaning litter, sweeping etc.

The dog park is off the entrance of Coolidge Park off Townsend St, 198 Townsend St.

The focus here will be the walking trails all inside Coolidge Park, The dog park, the parking lot areas, lower Townsend St, Pearl St, John Fitch Highway, and Pearl HIll Rd.

All are welcome to join and help; many hands make light work.

We will have bags and gloves to give away and grabbers for borrowing.

Please report back to us streets you have cleaned... and even better... share a picture in our Facebook Group "Keep Fitchburg Beautiful"

keepfitchburgbeautiful@gmail.com

Rock Walk Trail Cleanup & Hike up Rollstone Hill Saturday April 8th, 2023
8:00 AM to 11:00 AM ish
Upper Common Fitchburg

Let's meet to cleanup the Rock Walk Trail up Rollstone Hill before the Spring/Summer Rock Walks!

We'll meet on Saturday April 8th, 2023

---> 8:00am meet at the Upper Common where we will cleanup the route from the Boulder to Shattuck St;

Route: Start at Boulder Art Gallery 8am, walk up Main St towards Rollstone St, Right onto Rollstone St and continue left across Kimball st up right to Rollstone St to the Shattuck St trailhead where we will hike the trail and clean along the way.

We'll have plenty of bags and will have some gloves/trash grabbers available to borrow.

Peter Capodagli organizer of the Rock Walk will be joining us.
The renowned Spring 2023 Rock walk & historical guided tour will be Sat May 20th at 10am start at the Boulder Art Gallery. It is free and open to all.

#fitchburg #fitchburgmass #keepfitchburgbeautiful #trashbagchallenge #cleanupfitchburg

Walk & Clean the Patch & the Twin Cities Rail Trail with our KFB friends!

Everyone is welcomed and encouraged to join-- many hands makes light work.

We will provide trash bags and gloves and grabbers.

Two start times!

9am: we meet at the parking lot at 2nd St and Water St and start cleaning up litter working our way towards the 4th st rail trail entrance.
GPS Address: 240 Water St., Fitchburg, MA

10am: we meet at the rail trail entrance at 4th st and Middle St Lane, join us to clean up litter along the rail trail til about noon. Street Parking around this area.

About noon: We'll grab some brunch/lunch somewhere nearby wherever we end up

Please report back to us streets you have cleaned... and even better... share a picture in our Facebook Group "Keep Fitchburg Beautiful"

keepfitchburgbeautiful@gmail.com

9am: we meet at the parking lot at 2nd St and Water St and start cleaning up litter working our way towards the 4th st rail trail entrance.

10am: we meet at the rail trail entrance at 4th st and Middle St Lane, join us to clean up litter along the rail trail til about noon. Street Parking around this area.

Saturday May 21st 9am-2pm: Parkhill Park Cleanup, Meet at Parking lot off of Pratt Rd (near 223 Pratt Rd) Fitchburg, MA

Keep Fitchburg Beautiful Volunteers will be supporting Frank Gallo and his Eagle Scout Project cleaning up Parkhill Park.

Please report back to us streets you have cleaned... and even better... share a picture in our Facebook Group "Keep Fitchburg Beautiful"

keepfitchburgbeautiful@gmail.com

Saturday May 21st 9am-12pm: Green St Park Cleanup, Meet at Parking lot off of North St (near 55 North St) Fitchburg, MA

Keep Fitchburg Beautiful Volunteers will be supporting North Central Mass Chamber of Commerce Community Leadership Institute leaders Bea Lee and Christian Lopez

• Cleanup Litter, leaves/brush and any graffiti in advance of their Community Cuts event on Sunday May 22nd (see flyer below)

Please report back to us streets you have cleaned... and even better... share a picture in our Facebook Group "Keep Fitchburg Beautiful"

keepfitchburgbeautiful@gmail.com

Let's meet to cleanup Rollstone Hill before the Spring/Summer Rock Walks!

We'll meet on Sunday May 15, 2022

---> 8:00am meet at the Upper Common where we will cleanup the route from the Boulder to Bruce St;
Route: Start at Boulder Art Gallery, walk up Main St towards Rollstone St, Right onto Rollstone St and continue left across Kimball st up right to Rollstone St to the Bruce St trailhead where we will hike the trail and clean along the way.

We'll have plenty of bags and will have some gloves/trash grabbers available to borrow.

Peter Capodagli will be joining us. The renowned Spring 2022 Rock walk & historical guided tour will be Sat May 28th 10am start at the Boulder Art Gallery

#fitchburg #fitchburgmass #keepfitchburgbeautiful #trashbagchallenge #cleanupfitchburg

Saturday May 14th 9am-2pm: Parkhill Park Cleanup, Meet at Parking lot off of Pratt Rd (near 223 Pratt Rd) Fitchburg, MA

Keep Fitchburg Beautiful Volunteers will be supporting Frank Gallo and his Eagle Scout Project cleaning up Parkhill Park.

Please report back to us streets you have cleaned... and even better... share a picture in our Facebook Group "Keep Fitchburg Beautiful"

keepfitchburgbeautiful@gmail.com

Saturday May 7th 8:30am-12pm Fitchburg Ward Cleanup - Meet at Fitchburg Abolitionist Park, 48-50 Snow St Fitchburg

• Hosted by the Friends of the Fitchburg Abolitionist Park

• Bags/Gloves provided

• Cleanup area around downtown / North St, Snow St, Cherry St, Day St area

Meet/Park at the Abolitionist Park at 48-50 Snow St

All are welcome to join and help; many hands make light work .

We will have bags and gloves to give away and grabbers for borrowing.

Please report back to us streets you have cleaned... and even better... share a picture in our Facebook Group "Keep Fitchburg Beautiful"

keepfitchburgbeautiful@gmail.com

Saturday May 7th 8am-12pm: Ward 4&5 City Sponsored Cleanup, High St Prkng Lot at Pleasant St & Academy St

• Salvation Army Canteen Truck on site – Light Breakfast & Lunch

• Street Sweepers out – sweep sand onto street for pickup – not in large piles.

TVs and Monitors accepted for only a $10 fee!

Keep Fitchburg Beautiful Volunteers will be supporting the city during it's officially sponsored Ward Cleanup days.
Saturday May 7th, 2022 from 8am-12pm is a Ward 4 & 5 focus.

Meet/Park at the High St parking lot at the corner of Academy St.

All are welcome to join and help.

Dumpsters will be available at each location for bulk items and non-residential trash found throughout the ward.

DPW staff will be available to aide in picking up large items that volunteers are unable to bring to the transfer sites, as well as curbside trash bags from large neighborhood clean ups.

City personnel will be available at each transfer site to assist with the disposal.

DPW Street Sweepers will also be out in the wards during each ward cleanup.
Please sweep sidewalk debris onto the street, however, kindly refrain from creating piles!

Lite refreshments will be provided for breakfast and lunch at the transfer site.

The Health Department will supply yellow trash bags, gloves and masks at each event.

Please report back to us streets you have cleaned... and even better... share a picture in our Facebook Group "Keep Fitchburg Beautiful"

keepfitchburgbeautiful@gmail.com

Keep Fitchburg Beautiful Volunteers will be cleaning up litter in the area around Coolidge Park on Sunday Morning May 1st from 9am-11am approx.

We will also be cleaning up the dog park, raking leaves cleaning litter, sweeping etc.

Meet/Park at the dog park entrance of Coolidge Park off Townsend St, 198 Townsend St.

The focus here will be the walking trails all inside Coolidge Park, The dog park, the parking lot areas, lower Townsend St, Pearl St, John Fitch Highway, and Pearl HIll Rd.

All are welcome to join and help; many hands make light work.

We will have bags and gloves to give away and grabbers for borrowing.

Please report back to us streets you have cleaned... and even better... share a picture in our Facebook Group "Keep Fitchburg Beautiful"

keepfitchburgbeautiful@gmail.com

Saturday April 30th 8am-12pm: Ward 2&3 City Sponsored Cleanup, Daniels St Park, 2 Fairmount St, Fitchburg, MA

• Salvation Army Canteen Truck on site – Light Breakfast & Lunch

• Street Sweepers out – sweep sand onto street for pickup – not in large piles.

Keep Fitchburg Beautiful Volunteers will be supporting the city during it's officially sponsored Ward Cleanup days.
Saturday April 30th, 2022 from 8am-12pm is a Ward 2 & 3 focus.

TVs and Monitors accepted for only a $10 fee!

TIRES WILL BE COLLECTED OFF-RIM from Central Mass Mosquito Control Project- FREE

SUGGESTED STREETS FOR CLEANUP: (alphabetical order)

• Allen Place (particularly around 50 Allen Place)

• Ashburnham St to Phillips St

• Cleghorn St - Trash and also weed overgrowth---could use weed wacker and shovel

• Depot St bottom near bridge

• Fairmont St from Fire Station up to Reingold School

• Federal St

• Franklin Road between Causeway St (Memorial) to Beech St

• Franklin St at Rollstone St (Banking between Franklin and Kimball)

• Fulton St at Leighton St (empty lot filled with litter)

• Princeton Rd. going toward Rt. 2

• River St.

• Westminster St. toward Monty Tech.

Meet/Park along the street at Daniels St Park at Daniels & Fairmount St, in front of the Restoration Recovery Center.

All are welcome to join and help.

Dumpsters will be available at each location for bulk items and non-residential trash found throughout the ward.

DPW staff will be available to aide in picking up large items that volunteers are unable to bring to the transfer sites, as well as curbside trash bags from large neighborhood clean ups.

City personnel will be available at each transfer site to assist with the disposal.

DPW Street Sweepers will also be out in the wards during each ward cleanup.
Please sweep sidewalk debris onto the street, however, kindly refrain from creating piles!

Lite refreshments will be provided for breakfast and lunch at the meetup site.

The Health Department will supply yellow trash bags, gloves and masks at each event.

Please report back to us streets you have cleaned... and even better... share a picture in our Facebook Group "Keep Fitchburg Beautiful"

keepfitchburgbeautiful@gmail.com

SUNDAY, APRIL 24th 9am-12pm - Community Garden Spring Cleanup at Gateway Park Community Garden, Sheldon St and West St, Fitchburg

• Fitchburg's Community Garden Would you like a garden bed? Contact Josiah Richards at josiahwr@gmail.com or 617-306-3840.

• Cleanup includes raking, weeding, trimming, leaf blowing, litter cleanup around Gateway Park

• If you have landscaping tools you are encouraged to bring them---but organizers will bring extras!

• Pizza at noonish for volunteers!

Saturday April 23rd - 12pm-4pm - Cleanup & Revitalization of South Fitchburg playground / Gus Johnson Baseball Field, located at Abbott Ave and Water St Fitchburg

• Community Leadership Institute of the North Central Chambers of Commerce and The Cal Ripken Jr baseball league and teaming up for the revitalization of the South Fitchburg playground/ Gus Johnson Field on Saturday April 23rd at 12 PM.

• Josh Peterson FYBA Vice President

• The fields are beautiful fields that I remember playing at as a child and would love to help bring them back for future generations of kids. I appreciate any help with this endeavor. Thank you for taking the time to look at these emails.

• See PDF of pictures attached of Field Conditions

• Below outlines a list of items that would improve the cosmetics and safety of these fields / Park. 

         1. General ground maintenance

  1. Fill in and leveling the holes in the outfield

  2. Clearing the remaining brush on the backside hill (Opening up the view of the field from the parking lot)

  3. Clearing and cleaning the front stairs/entrance facing Old Leominster Rd.

  4. Fix or replace flower boxes surrounding the trees next to the Concession stand

  5. Clear the debris and pick up the trash from the nature trail that runs parallel to the field

  6. Erect a sign stating the name of the fields / Welcome to Fitchburg Youth Baseball

  1. General maintenance and safeguarding of the dugouts

  1. Cover or safeguarding nails sticking through the bottom of the roof of the dugouts

  2. Making the dugouts lockable (Keeping the general public/undesirables from sleeping or hanging out inside)

  1. Concession Stand: Paint the concession stand Fitchburg red (possibly a mural on one wall if an artist is present and interested

  2. Flagpole: Erect/Install donated flagpole

  3. Baseball field fence: Replace outdated and cracked fence top covers

From FYBA Baseball League: Here’s a list of items that would benefit the field clean up:

• 10 gallons Fitchburg red paint (if that can’t get that donated I will personally buy)

• red mulch to spruce up variety of areas

• 2 sheets of plywood to fix areas that are rotten

• A friend could take care of the exposed nails in the dugouts if he had these items

• 10 sheets of luan

• 10 tubes liquid nails caulking

• 10 tubes of silicone caulking

• bags of cement to erect flag pole that was donated

• if anyone wanted to donate a gift certificate or some type of gift basket I was thinking it might be a nice to raffle it off to the volunteers. Just an idea.

Please report back to us streets you have cleaned... and even better... share a picture in our Facebook Group "Keep Fitchburg Beautiful"

keepfitchburgbeautiful@gmail.com

Saturday April 23rd 8am-12pm: Ward 1&6 City Sponsored Cleanup, Former FLLAC School at 44 Wanoosnoc Rd, Fitchburg, MA 01420

• Salvation Army Canteen Truck on site – Light Breakfast & Lunch

• Street Sweepers out – sweep sand onto street for pickup – not in large piles.

TVs and Monitors accepted for only a $10 fee!

Keep Fitchburg Beautiful Volunteers will be supporting the city during it's officially sponsored Ward Cleanup days.
Saturday April 23rd, 2022 from 8am-12pm is a Ward 1 & 6 focus.

Meet/Park at the parking lot at 44 Wanoosnoc Rd, Fitchburg, near the State Pool.

All are welcome to join and help.

Dumpsters will be available at each location for bulk items and non-residential trash found throughout the ward.

DPW staff will be available to aide in picking up large items that volunteers are unable to bring to the transfer sites, as well as curbside trash bags from large neighborhood clean ups.

City personnel will be available at each transfer site to assist with the disposal.

DPW Street Sweepers will also be out in the wards during each ward cleanup.
Please sweep sidewalk debris onto the street, however, kindly refrain from creating piles!

Lite refreshments will be provided for breakfast and lunch at the transfer site.

The Health Department will supply yellow trash bags, gloves and masks at each event.

Please report back to us streets you have cleaned... and even better... share a picture in our Facebook Group "Keep Fitchburg Beautiful"

keepfitchburgbeautiful@gmail.com

Wednesday April 20th 3:30pm start - Meet at the parking lot at McKay C-wing at Rindge Rd.

• Litter cleanup by the Sustainability Committee at Fitchburg State University , along Rindge Rd between North St and John Fitch Highway. maybe beyond, 3:30 PM start

• We will provide bags and gloves

Please report back to us streets you have cleaned... and even better... share a picture in our Facebook Group "Keep Fitchburg Beautiful"

keepfitchburgbeautiful@gmail.com

Saturday April 16th 9am-12pm - Meetup at Country Pizza, 6 Ashby State Rd

• We will provide bags and gloves
  

• One group: Litter Cleanup from Roundabout up Ashby State Rd

• One Group: Blower/sweeping sand out from (4) roundabout crosswalk islands

• One group: Litter Cleanup at Elm St & High St, Cleanup of Mechanic St

• One group: Litter Cleanup up Blossom St, Longwood Avenue

• Meet back at Country Pizza at 12:10pm for donated Pizza Lunch.

Please report back to us streets you have cleaned... and even better... share a picture in our Facebook Group "Keep Fitchburg Beautiful"

keepfitchburgbeautiful@gmail.com

Let's meet to cleanup Rollstone Hill before the Spring/Summer Rock Walks! We'll meet on Saturday May 15, 2021 (Sunday May 16th raindate)

---> 9:00am meet at the Upper Common where we will cleanup the route from the Boulder to Bruce St;
Route: Start at Boulder, walk up Main St, Right onto Rollstone St and continue across Kimball st up Rollstone St to the Bruce St trailhead where we will hike the trail and clean along the way.

We'll have plenty of bags and will have some gloves/trash grabbers available to borrow.

#fitchburg #fitchburgmass #keepfitchburgbeautiful #trashbagchallenge #cleanupfitchburg

Join us for another season's garden cleanup.

If you're interested in a garden bed, please come and sign - work is not required.

Saturday May 8th 8am-12pm: Ward 2&3 City Sponsored Cleanup, Daniels St Park, 2 Fairmount St, Fitchburg, MA

• Salvation Army Canteen Truck on site – Light Breakfast & Lunch

• Street Sweepers out – sweep sand onto street for pickup – not in large piles.

Keep Fitchburg Beautiful Volunteers will be supporting the city during it's officially sponsored Ward Cleanup days.
Saturday May 8th, 2021 from 8am-12pm is a Ward 2 & 3 focus.

Meet/Park along the street at Daniels St Park at Daniels & Fairmount St, in front of the new Restoration Recovery Center.

All are welcome to join and help; wear masks and try to limit distance to 6ft.

Dumpsters will be available at each location for bulk items and non-residential trash found throughout the ward.

DPW staff will be available to aide in picking up large items that volunteers are unable to bring to the transfer sites, as well as curbside trash bags from large neighborhood clean ups.

City personnel will be available at each transfer site to assist with the disposal.

DPW Street Sweepers will also be out in the wards during each ward cleanup.
Please sweep sidewalk debris onto the street, however, kindly refrain from creating piles!

Lite refreshments will be provided for breakfast and lunch at the transfer site.

The Health Department will
supply yellow trash bags, gloves and masks at each event.

Please report back to us streets you have cleaned... and even better... share a picture in our Facebook Group "Keep Fitchburg Beautiful"

keepfitchburgbeautiful@gmail.com

Saturday May 1st 8am-12pm: Ward 1&6 City Sponsored Cleanup, IC Credit Union, 300 Bemis Rd, Fitchburg, MA

• Salvation Army Canteen Truck on site – Light Breakfast & Lunch

• Street Sweepers out – sweep sand onto street for pickup – not in large piles.

Keep Fitchburg Beautiful Volunteers will be supporting the city during it's officially sponsored Ward Cleanup days.
Saturday May 1st, 2021 from 8am-12pm is a Ward 1 & 6 focus.

Meet/Park at the IC Credit Union parking lot at 300 Bemis Rd, towards the rear.

All are welcome to join and help; wear masks and try to limit distance to 6ft.

Dumpsters will be available at each location for bulk items and non-residential trash found throughout the ward.

DPW staff will be available to aide in picking up large items that volunteers are unable to bring to the transfer sites, as well as curbside trash bags from large neighborhood clean ups.

City personnel will be available at each transfer site to assist with the disposal.

DPW Street Sweepers will also be out in the wards during each ward cleanup.
Please sweep sidewalk debris onto the street, however, kindly refrain from creating piles!

Lite refreshments will be provided for breakfast and lunch at the transfer site.

The Health Department will
supply yellow trash bags, gloves and masks at each event.

Please report back to us streets you have cleaned... and even better... share a picture in our Facebook Group "Keep Fitchburg Beautiful"

keepfitchburgbeautiful@gmail.com

Saturday April 24th 8am-12pm: Ward 4&5 City Sponsored Cleanup, High St Prkng Lot at Pleasant St

• Salvation Army Canteen Truck on site – Light Breakfast & Lunch

• Street Sweepers out – sweep sand onto street for pickup – not in large piles.

Keep Fitchburg Beautiful Volunteers will be supporting the city during it's officially sponsored Ward Cleanup days.
Saturday April 24th, 2021 from 8am-12pm is a Ward 4 & 5 focus.

Meet/Park at the High St parking lot at the corner of Academy St.

All are welcome to join and help; wear masks and try to limit distance to 6ft.

Dumpsters will be available at each location for bulk items and non-residential trash found throughout the ward.

DPW staff will be available to aide in picking up large items that volunteers are unable to bring to the transfer sites, as well as curbside trash bags from large neighborhood clean ups.

City personnel will be available at each transfer site to assist with the disposal.

DPW Street Sweepers will also be out in the wards during each ward cleanup.
Please sweep sidewalk debris onto the street, however, kindly refrain from creating piles!

Lite refreshments will be provided for breakfast and lunch at the transfer site.

The Health Department will
supply yellow trash bags, gloves and masks at each event.

Please report back to us streets you have cleaned... and even better... share a picture in our Facebook Group "Keep Fitchburg Beautiful"

keepfitchburgbeautiful@gmail.com

Keep Fitchburg Beautiful Volunteers will be cleaning up litter in the area around Coolidge Park on Sunday Morning April 18th from 9am-12pm approx.

We will also be cleaning up the dog park, raking leaves cleaning litter, sweeping etc.

Meet/Park at the dog park entrance of Coolidge Park off Townsend St, 198 Townsend St.

The focus here will be the walking trails all inside Coolidge Park, The dog park, the parking lot areas, lower Townsend St, Pearl St, John Fitch Highway, and Pearl HIll Rd.

All are welcome to join and help; many hands make light work ~ wear masks and try to limit distance to 6ft.

We will have bags and gloves to give away and grabbers for borrowing.

Please report back to us streets you have cleaned... and even better... share a picture in our Facebook Group "Keep Fitchburg Beautiful"

keepfitchburgbeautiful@gmail.com