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Regional Environmental Council of Central Massachusetts
P.O. Box 255
Worcester, MA 01613
Tel: 508-799-9139
Fax: 508-799-9147
Email: recouncil[at]recworcester.org

Location: 9 Castle St #1
Worcester, MA 01610
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Earth Day
 

*****2008 Earth Day Cleanups*****
May 3rd until noon
Various sites throughout the city
Rain or Shine!

 

This Saturday, May 3, over 500 city residents will be rolling up their sleeves to cleanup nearly 50 sites throughout the city. It's still not too late to volunteer! Just call the office at 508-799-9139 to find out more.
Lead Sponsors:
National Grid
 
In addition to:
 

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development  
  • Main Street NRSA
  • Chandler Street NRSA
  • Grafton Street NRSA
  • Southbridge Street NRSA
  • Lower Lincoln Street NRSA
 
E.L. Harvey & Sons, Inc.
 
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • President's Sustainability Task Force
  • Worcester Community Project Center
 
Assumption College
 
Conservation Services Group
 
Corporate Environmental Advisors
 
City Councilor Barbara Haller
 
Providence & Worcester Railroad Company
 
Shaws Supermarket
 
Senator Harriette Chandler, Living Earth, Mill Street Motors, Representative Bob Spellane, Re-Elect McGovern Committee
 
 
 

Clean-Ups 

Every year, REC organizes Worcester's Earth Day Cleanups to take place at the end of April or the beginning of May. This annual city-wide event gives neighbors a chance to roll up their sleeves and take pride in their neighborhoods.

You can participate in the Earth Day Cleanups by organizing a cleanup in your neighborhood or by volunteering to help out at any site.  All Earth Day Cleanup sites must be pre-registered with the REC. Registering a site is as easy as filling out a Site Application form and sending it to REC by email, fax, or regular mail.

The Earth Day Cleanups are for cleaning up public spaces - it is not permitted to clean private locations as part of the Cleanups. REC will be happy to help people organize neighborhood cleanups throughout the year, as well.
 
Festival

Friday, April 25, 2008
EcoTarium
10am-4pm
Half price admission all day

This annual event celebrates community, diversity, and this planet we all share. A wide array of environmental exhibits inform citizens of healthier and more sustainable ways of living, and the music and entertainment is something everyone can enjoy. For the past four years the Earth Day Festival has been held at the EcoTarium.  
 

Worcester's Earth Day 2007 events were successful!

On April 20, 2007 hundreds of people attended Worcester's Earth Day Festival at the EcoTarium and celebrated the planet by learning about the environment. On April 28, 2007 over 700 volunteers from all over the city removed tons of trash (literally!) from 61 sites during the Earth Day Cleanups.  Thanks to everyone who helped make these events successful. And a special thanks to Chris Amante, Erin Broadie, and Jenny Quinn - the three students from Holy Cross who were REC's Earth Day 2007 Cleanups Coordinators.

If you were part of a 2007 Cleanup and have a story or a photo to share, please call or email us at 508-799-9139 or recouncil[at]recworcester.org - we would love to include them in our upcoming newsletter.

 
 
 

 
 

Last Updated:5/1/2008