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1 Executive News Release Contact: Doug Buell, Community Information Officer [PHONE REDACTED] [PHONE REDACTED] [EMAIL REDACTED] April 11, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: City seeks volunteer for 3rd Annual Clean Sweep April 26 Key Roadway Cleanups * Graffiti Paint Out * Shred-A-Thon MARYSVILLE – The City of Marysville is working in partnership with various local businesses, churches and nonprofit groups to launch Clean Sweep April 26, an annual weeklong celebration of free activities to help residents get their spring cleaning off on the right foot. “We are looking for more volunteers and volunteer groups to step up and show their civic pride by helping us tackle cleaning and beautification project that will make Marysville a more attractive and livable community,” Mayor Jon Nehring says. “We hope that the week will inspire others to conduct their own neighborhood cleanups or spruce up the appearance of their own property.” To participate in City-sponsored activities, contact Parks Maintenance Manager Mike Robinson at (360) 363-8406 or email [EMAIL REDACTED]. Last year, Marysville worked with residents in three neighborhoods to provide free pickup of accumulations of household trash, broken furniture and furnishings, tires, cardboard, wood and scrap lumber, concrete and other non-hazardous materials left at curbside for crews to collect. This year, City officials are turning their attention to homes with frontage or street addresses along Marysville’s three busiest and highly visible north-south roadways: State Avenue, 51st Avenue/Shoultes Road and 67th Avenue. Door hangers will be distributed to more than 1,000 homes along these routes – a ticket to making neighborhoods along the roads cleaner and more attractive. City crews will also clear brush and pressure-wash pedestrian walkways where needed. The cleanups are a concerted effort between City Hall, Public Works, Community Development, Code Enforcement and Parks and Recreation. The City Council budgeted $60,000 for neighborhood clean sweep activities in 2014. “By participating or volunteering to join in Clean Sweep activities to spruce up your own homes and property, you will also be giving the same tender-loving care to your community and its ongoing beautification campaign,” Nehring says. ---PAGE BREAK--- 2 Here are some great events and volunteer opportunities to add to your to-do list: Saturday, April 26 Community Shred-a-Thon 9 a.m.-noon (or until trucks full) New location: City Hall parking lot, 1049 State Ave. With tax time and paperwork on your mind, now is a good time to toss out those sensitive personal and financial documents you have been storing that could make you an easier victim for identity thieves to prey on. Bring old personal documents and have them shredded to help protect yourself from identity theft. This free community Shred-A-Thon is sponsored by HomeStreet Bank, North County Outlook, Sunrise Rotary Club, Windermere Real Estate/JS Marysville Branch, City of Marysville, American Data Guard and Bleachers Grill at Cedarcrest. Six-box limit. Participants must remain until your documents are destroyed. The Shred-a-Thon also has more in store: Windermere Real Estate invites you to come to the Shred-a-Thon, and bring your old PCs and other computer devices to donate to Marysville Arts and Tech High School’s LAN Club. Students repair them for fundraising & donating to Third World schools. These items only: Computer towers * laptops *tablets and e-readers * keyboards and mice * flat monitors (NO CRT monitors)* digital cameras & videorecorders * system install disks New this year, Sunrise Rotary Club is accepting your discarded Styrofoam. For more information on the Shred-a-Thon and related activities, contact Public Information Officer Doug Buell at (360) 363-8086 or [EMAIL REDACTED] Adopt-a-Street Cleanups Graffiti Paint Out 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Jennings Parks Office Volunteer for this community-wide Graffiti Paint Out aimed at sending a message to graffiti vandals and taggers that graffiti won’t be tolerated in Marysville. Meet at Jennings Park Office to get painting materials and location assignments to “hot spots” and street-side fences where homeowners have been victimized. To register, or for more details, contact Parks Maintenance Manager Mike Robinson at (360) 363-8406, or email [EMAIL REDACTED]. Wear old clothes that you won’t mind getting messy. Sign up early to be assigned to a team. ---PAGE BREAK--- Spring cleaning is just around the corner! The City of Marysville invites you to volunteer and participate in a weeklong celebration of free activities to help neighborhoods, businesses and residents just like you get spring cleaning off on the right foot. Join in. Inspire others through your civic pride as you make Marysville a safer, attractive and more livable community! Interested volunteer groups and individuals, watch for details in the local media this April for how and when you can help us paint over graffiti at assigned locations at several “hot spots” around Marysville, and street-side fences where homeowners have been victimized. In addition to painting over graffiti, some volunteers will also be tasked with picking up litter along streets and rights-of-way within the paint-over zones. Register by contacting Parks Maintenance Manager Mike Robinson at (360) 363-8406 or email [EMAIL REDACTED]. Sign up early to be assigned a team. Bring old personal docu ments and have them shredded to help protect yourself from identity theft. Six-box limit. Partic ipants must remain until your documents are destroyed. For more info, call (360) 363-8086. Windermere Real Estate invites you to come to the Shred-a-Thon, and bring your old PCs and other computer devices to donate to Marysville Arts and Tech High School’s LAN Club. Students repair them for fundraising & donating to Third World schools. These items only: Computer towers * laptops *tablets and e-readers * keyboards and mice * flat monitors (NO CRT monitors)* digital cameras & videorecord ers * system install disks Sat. April 26 9 a.m. - noon (or until trucks filled) Marysville City Hall 1049 State Ave. For More Information: (360) 363-8000 marysvillewa.gov [EMAIL REDACTED] As part of Community Clean Sweep Week, the City of Marysville invites you to take part in a special one- time only disposal of large, debris. This offer ap plies to residents who live along one of these following high-visibility roadways: Sat. April 26 For more info about this Clean Sweep opportunity, call Travis Pike at (425) 754-3819. Sat. April 26 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Meet at Jennings Park Office Public Works and Parks crews and volunteer groups will also be out in the community planting and trimming, pressure washing sidewalks, and general cleanup of main corridors. Suggested donation: bring a canned or non-perishable food item or cash to donate to support the Marysville Community Food Bank. City Public Works and Park crews will provide this pick up service free, while providing extra right-of-way clearing and cleanup along these north-south routes. The City is pleased to partner with homeowners in this effort to help improve the look of your home, neigh borhood and adjacent roadways. Materials must be put out as close as possible to the road in front of homes by 7:00 a.m. on April 26. No refrigerators or appliances containing Freon or other hazardous chemicals will be accepted. -State Ave. -51st Ave. NE / Shoultes Rd. -67th Ave. NE New this year, Marysville Sunrise Rotary Club is accepting Styrofoam on site!