Scenic Drive Litter Pickup
Scottsdale’s Pride Day "Treasures & Trash" Event
Saturday, October 26, 2002
Litter Pickup: 8:00 – 9:50 AM
Celebration with Fun, Awards, Refreshments: 10:00 - 10:20 AM
Lucky Volunteers Needed!
Win Prizes, Get Free T-shirt, Benefit Community
Take Pride! Get lucky! Take part in this annual Scottsdale happening. Join your neighbors in looking for "gold" amidst the litter Find a gold-painted rock along the roadside, turn it in, and win a valuable prize!
We need your help to cleanup Scottsdale Road from Carefree Highway south to Happy Valley Road (Desert Foothills Scenic Drive) and adjacent streets. Choose the check-in location that is most convenient for you: 1) at the Drive Monument sign on the east side of Scottsdale Road just south of Jomax Road (across Scottsdale Road from MacDonald's Ranch), 2) the Drive Entry sign on the west side of Scottsdale Road just south of Carefree Highway (in front of Walgreen's in the Terravita Marketplace). Volunteers will be assigned a clean up area and given a safety vest, pickup stick and plastic trash bags. Gloves and long pants are recommended.
FREE T-SHIRTS, COFFEE, DONUTS, WATER
All volunteers will receive a commemorative T-shirt from the Pride Commission. Friends is providing free coffee, donuts and water to volunteers when they report to the locations above. Scottsdale’s Pride Commission organizes the citywide cleanup. Friends of the Scenic Drive has supported the event since its inception 7 years ago.
Celebration! Free Refreshments, Awards
from Outback Steakhouse 
Friends volunteers! Don't miss the fun after the pickup. If you've helped with the Cookout at the Ranch VII or with any of our pickups, don't miss the fun at the monument sign starting at 10:00 AM. We have a lot to celebrate. Our 7th Pride Day and a very successful Cookout at the Ranch VII.
We'll be presenting a special fun award from Outback Steakhouse that has to do with the day's litter pickup. You'll find out about it when you sign-in. And, we'll be recognizing those volunteers who have gone above and beyond. Come on down to the monument sign, just south of Jomax Road on the east side of Scottsdale Road and be part of the celebration.
For more information, including our complete litter pickup schedule [Read More]. The City of Scottsdale's press release appears below. Please note that Friends' meeting places supplements those mentioned in the release.
Thank you for your support.
September 11, 2002
Contact: Joanie Mead
Staff Liaison, Scottsdale Pride Committee
(480) 312-2543
Take time to Cleanup your Act on Oct. 26
Scottsdale Seeks Volunteers for Seventh Annual Citywide Litter Cleanup
Grab a trash bag and get moving at this year’s "Treasures ‘N Trash 2002 for Scottsdale’s seventh annual city-wide litter clean-up! Gather your friends and family to join the Scottsdale Pride Committee, a City of Scottsdale citizen volunteer committee and National Keep America Beautiful affiliate on Saturday, Oct. 26th from 8:00 a.m. to noon at the following locations:
Indian School Park (northeast corner of Indian School and Hayden Roads)
Scottsdale Bible Church (southeast corner of Shea and Miller)
AJ’s Fine Foods (southeast corner of Pima and Pinnacle Peak Roads)
This annual event commemorates National Make A Difference Day, which celebrates volunteerism, and historically gathers more than 500 volunteers, beautifying over 100 miles of public roadways. To date, this event has cleared over 24 tons of litter.
As part of the clean-up effort volunteers, ages 12 and up, will be provided with t-shirts, safety vests, water, snacks and clean-up bags. Clean-up supplies can be picked up on Oct. 26 starting at 8 a.m. in the parking lots at the locations mentioned above.
In keeping with the "Treasures ‘N Trash" theme, volunteer incentives will be provided in the form of golden-colored rocks hidden under select pieces of trash found on the sides of major Scottsdale Roads. Volunteers finding the golden rocks may redeem them for one of many prizes donated by local businesses including theater tickets, gift certificates, and more!
The "Treasures ‘N Trash" clean-up event will primarily focus on major roadways and scenic corridors throughout Scottsdale, from McKellips Road north to the City boundaries (approximately 50 linear miles).
"Treasures ‘N Trash" participants are asked to contact Joanie Mead, Scottsdale Pride Committee Staff Liaison, at (480) 312-2543 to register. All volunteers must sign a release form and be at least twelve years of age to participate.
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