Schedule

Saturday, April 28, 2012
9 a.m. to noon

9 a.m.   Kickoff Breakfast, site assignments
at Cashman Park

RAIN OR SHINE

Thank You Breakfast
To thank volunteers for their hard work the commission hosts a continental breakfast beginning at 9 a.m. at Cashman Park. Past breakfasts have been sponsored by Starbuck's, Abraham's Bagels, Greta's Great Grains, Newburyport Five Cent Savings Bank, SemiSweet Bakery, and Shaw's Supermarkets.

Clean Sweep

Each year the Newburyport Parks organizes a city-wide cleanup called the Clean Sweep. Volunteers from throughout the community pick up trash, clean up after winter storm damage and otherwise spruce up parks and public spaces, readying the city for warmer weather.

How to Volunteer
To volunteer, click here or call Lisë Reid, 978-465-4462, or email parks@cityofnewburyport.com.

We Provide
Breakfast
Trash bags, leaf bags
Latex gloves

We Recommend
Heavy work boots
Work gloves
Rakes, brooms, shovels, wheelbarrows, whatever yard tools you have!

Cleanup Sites
The commission targets city parks and playgrounds, athletic fields, the rail trail, Joppa Flats, downtown and the waterfront. Sites include:

Atkinson Common                          Little River Nature Trail
Atwood Park                                  March's Hill
Ayers Playground & Cushing Park   Maudslay Woods Swales
Crow Lane recycling yard                Moseley Woods Swales
Brown Square                                Newburyport Turnpike
Cashman Park                               Plum Island, north beaches & parking
Frog Pond Playground                    Rail Trail  
Inn Street Playground                     State Street and Market Square
Jason Sawyer Playground               Waterfront Park & Joppa Flats
Joppa Park & Water Street             Woodman Park, and more