Truckee Day

 

Truckee Days Saturday June 7, 2008

Truckee Day is a group of volunteers (Champions) who are coordinating a town-wide street clean up day.  In 2007  over 8 tons of trash were collected.

Who: Truckee Council Members and Truckee resident Beth Ingalls are coordinating the event.  Representatives from the various homeowners associations, the Town of Truckee, the Truckee Fire Protection District, the Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce, the Truckee Donner recreation and Park District and others are all participating in the planning.

Who else: Recruitment is underway for a number of neighborhood “Champions” who will act as the local coordinators on the day of the event.  The most important element of this day will be the actual volunteers who come out to pick up trash, and we’re planning for 900 volunteers.  Children will be discouraged from street-side pick-up; however, there may be options for children to pick up trash in the local parks. Click this link to find out what the Qualities of a Neighborhood Champion are >>> Clean Truckee Streets/Qualities of a Neighborhood Champion.pdf  (You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this page) 

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When: Scheduled for June 7, 2008 and is an annual event.  Trash pick up will commence in the morning and a block party will be held that evening.

Where: Every neighborhood will be represented by a number of “Champions” who will serve as the local coordinators on the day of the event.  The desire is to clean the roadside of every road in town; however, volunteer numbers will dictate the streets to be cleaned.  It is anticipated that the roads will be cleaned in order of use; that is, the primary roads will be the priority, then the secondary roads, then the tertiary roads, and so on.

How:  The event will be coordinated with neighborhood headquarters.  In some neighborhoods that will be the local Fire Station; in other neighborhoods it will be the home or office of a Champion.  Bags and instructions will be provided to volunteers the morning of the pick-up.  The bags will be picked up and placed centrally so our garbage contractor can easily pick them up the same day.

Why?: To pick up roadside garbage and display our civic pride.  To come together as a community and have fun while doing something worthwhile.  To have fun during the Town-wide Block Party to be held at Regional Park that evening.

For more information please contact Beth Ingalls

updated: 05/24/2008