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Community Clean Up Day
By Carla Yvette
Youth ages two-to-17 participated in Community Clean Up Day,
September 12 on Marmion Avenue. Dedra Brown of David Davis
Youth Center and Rodney Love came up with the idea as a way
of teaching youth the importance of keeping their
neighborhoods clean.
Brown said, “I really didn’t know how it was going to turn
out but to have young people and city officials come out and
support was awesome.” Toledo City Councilman Tyrone Riley
made sure the city filled in pot holes in the area
beforehand so the children wouldn’t get hurt.
Money from sponsors and community donations helped purchase
supplies and a portion was also designated to pay the youth
for their hard work but, according to Brown, some of the
youth gave it back. “Some of the boys and girls came out to
earn community service hours and others just enjoyed meeting
and getting know one another”
Brown says she hopes the project gains momentum and moves
from community to community. “One of the youth involved
asked if we could go to his neighborhood and I told him
yes!” She adds, “but we as a community need to make it
happen”
The sponsors were: North End Hand Wash and Detail Shop,
People’s Missionary Baptist Church, NAACP, Keep Toledo Lucas
County Beautiful and community donators.
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