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Placer Group Organizes Trash Clean-Up on MLK Jr. Day

Check back soon for possible new date due to rain delay   The Sierra Club Placer Group is organizing a two-hour trash clean-up of Auburn on Martin Luther King Jr. Day as part of the 2010 National Day of Service being marked with volunteer projects across the nation. Volunteers are asked to meet by 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 18, 2010, at the Auburn City Hall Parking Lot at 1225 Lincoln Way. Trash bags and some trash sticks will be provided, but you are asked to bring your own gloves. Last year more than 100 families, friends and neighbors joined into small work teams to fan out across Auburn Folsom-Road and Highway 49 to pick up trash for the National Day of Service. Many families participated with their children because it is a school and federal holiday. The work teams pick up trash in areas assigned by the Sierra Club Placer Group, and then return to the City Hall parking lot by noon. “A clean and healthy environment starts at home, here in Auburn,” said Sierra Club Placer Group Chair Marilyn Jasper. “This clean-up day shows just how deeply our community cares about the Auburn environment.” The City of Auburn has assisted with organizing the Auburn Community Clean-Up Day. Please pre-register by calling Heidi Van Zant or Joe Marman at 530.889.9392 or emailing sierra2@jps.net. Heavy rain cancels this event. More than 100 residents showed up last year for the 2009 National Day of Service/Auburn Community Clean-Up Day sponsored by the Sierra Club Placer Group.