From Cherry Street neighbor Jimmy Blackford:

The Oregon Hill cleanup went quite well – we picked up 4.99 tons – 10,000 pounds!!! Add to that the small litter that was picked up separately. This was the most ever picked up in Oregon Hill, I believe. Seven fellows from a VCU fraternity got the newsletter delivered to their house & came to help quite by surprise I might say! I am so grateful that someone delivered all those newsletters!

With those unexpected volunteers, plus Becky St Clair & Joe Brancoli who come to help even though they don’t live in Oregon Hill, it was for me the easiest cleanup yet! I counted 13 volunteers total. Thanks to Chris Hughes for spearheading this on a 90 degree day.

Jane Hotchkiss wants to do another alley cleanup fairly soon to get the few items that we couldn’t get this time due to a full truck.