Trash Pick-Up
Information, Schedule & Volunteers
TRASH COLLECTION TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED DUE TO FLOODING AND DAMAGES; STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES
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Park trash is picked up by volunteers and we always need people to help with this job! Please help keep our Park clean
and welcoming by offering your services for a week!
Trash collection volunteers:
- Empty all six trash cans (one inside Entry Yard gate, one inside Training Yard gate, one in the Main Park alley,
and three in the Main Park itself). If a can is nearly empty, just leave it for the next volunteer; this likely won't happen
during warm weather. Make sure the bungee cords around the tops of the cans are a few inches down from the top so the lids
fit securely.
- The City provides replacement plastic trash bags in the metal cans on the trash platform in the parking lot.
- Use the two-wheel cart (or the sled, if there is snow!) provided at the Park to haul the filled trash bags to the front of the Park (the combination to
unlock the cart from the fence is 3-3-4-6). The bags must be put into the dumpster in the parking lot. The dumpster is
kept locked. The key for the dumpster is fastened to a piece of broom handle, which you can find in the same metal can
where the extra trash bags are. Please be sure to replace it. The top rail of the platform is removable. If you lift this off, you have great access
to the dumpster. You can open the lid easily from above and it is easy to drop the bags into it. Just make sure you don't fall into the dumpster!
- Refill all the plastic/metal/PVC poop bag holders throughout Park (not the padlocked ones with the blue bags: Animal Control does those); empty plastic bags are in metal cans in Entry Yard.
Please consider volunteering to do this on a weekend; if you'd like to take the same weekend each month, or in alternating
months, just let Jo (jo@k9cola.org), the volunteer database manager, know.
Though when the weather is cold, once a week is enough, the trash needs to be emptied twice a week during warm weather
months (notably May-September) because of the smell -- the cans also get very full and heavy during these months when the
Park is heavily used if they're not emptied mid-week. Consequently, if you can volunteer for mid-week pick-ups during the
warmer months, that's greatly appreciated!
If you've volunteered to do the trash, but are unable to fulfill your obligation, either contact Jo,
or contact another volunteer directly (below) to take your day or work out an exchange.
Please add your name to our list by contacting Jo. And thanks for your help and for your support of the Park!
Schedule
| Weekend |
Name |
Emy Kelly |
June 28-29 |
Rick Gilliland |
July 2 |
Sharon Rosenberg |
July 5-6 |
Troy & Colleen Martens |
July 9 |
Emy Kelly |
July 12-13 |
Jo Pearson |
July 16 |
Emy Kelly |
July 19-20 |
Sharon Rosenberg |
July 23 |
Rick Gilliland |
July 26-27 |
Hal Dendurent |
July 30 |
Conni Franck |
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