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Water Tower, Teens Inc. Prepare for Clean-Up
The clean-up will be combined with a flea market to raise funds for a service trip for Teens, Inc.
Teens, Inc. and the Water Tower Recreation Center are teaming up for this year’s Philly Spring Clean-Up. Combined with an Earth Day Flea Market, the event will be family-friendly and go to support an international service project in Antigua, Guatemala.
The event will be held at the Water Tower Rec. Center April 14, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Last year’s city-wide clean-up was a success, as the Water Tower released the following statistics on the 2011 event throughout Philadelphia:
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Overall
- 252 project sites (the most projects ever registered for a Philly Spring Cleanup)
- 12,574 volunteers
- 1,240,360 pounds of trash removed
- 149,860 pounds of material recycled
- 1,104 blocks cleaned
- 3,750 recycling bins distributed
- 255 Recycling Rewards signups
- 7,280 tires removed
- 28 parks and 17 recreation centers cleaned
Supplies distributed
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- 44,204 trash and recycling bags
- 3,884 brooms
- 14,907 gloves
- 1,226 shovels
- 1,952 rakes
- 1,011 gallons of paint
- 1,422 paint brushes
- 140 graffiti removal kits
City assistance
- 103 rubbish and recycling crews
- 8 tire trucks
- 5 front end loaders
- 3 trailers
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