Success at Southern!

Our Philly Spring Cleanup at Southern High School on Saturday, April 4, was a resounding success! What an inpiring day it was — Over 75 volunteers from across the city came out to our local high school to plant 14 trees, give a fresh coat of paint to the old wrought iron fence line that stretches from Snyder Avenue to Jackson Street and also pick up a lot of litter from school grounds and along Snyder Avenue. Mayor Michael Nutter stopped by in the afternoon to plant our last tree with us and say a few words, and we even were featured on Channel 6 News, KYW News Radio and the front page of the South Philly Review!

It takes a village to pull off an event of this size and we received a lot of help from many different people and organizations. We are incredibly grateful for all of the support we received from our local businesses! Special thanks goes out to City Pizza (Front & Snyder), Cosmi’s Bakery, Nuts About You, ShopRite, Stadium Pizza, Starbucks and Steak ‘Em Up for their generous donations, and also to City Year for coming out in force on the day of the event.  We couldn’t have done it without you! We are also thankful for the support of the 4th Police District and local Engine 49, who came out to water in the new trees at the end of the day. The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and the state-sponsored TreeVitalize program provided the trees, thanks to a generous donation from Feeney’s Nursery, and Mindy Maslin and Mike Hardy of the PHS Tree Tenders program provided expert guidance to our tree-planters on the day of the event. Fairmount Park delivered a big load of mulch for us and also lent us tools, as did UC Green! And last but not least, LoMo would like to send out a big THANK YOU! to the Philadelphia Streets Department, the Office of the Managing Director and the Mayor’s Office for organizing a tremendous event! We are already looking forward to participating in the 3rd Annual Philly Spring Cleanup!

Click on the thumbnails below to check out our photos from the event.