Free on Sunday? Go to a stream clean-up
Want to feel cleaner and greener? Volunteer this Sunday from 9 a.m.-noon for the Western Run Stream Clean Up.
For the last 10 years, Comprehensive Housing Assistance Inc. and the Jones Falls Watershed Association have partnered to sponsor the event. There are five more community associations involved, but they could still use some more volunteers. Organizers say in years past, people have come from all over the city to help.
In addition to stream clean up, this year the groups are sending out teams of volunteers to label storms drains to warn people about dumping pollutants -- there's no filter. All the stuff dumped goes right into area waterways and the harbor.
The goal is to label 50 to 100 drains and clean the Western Run Stream from Gulley Road (in Cross Country) to Mt. Washington Village. Both goals depend on the number of volunteers that show up.
If you're ready and able, e-mail or call Barry Kaminetz, CHAI Community Development Coordinator at bkaminetz@chaibaltimore.org or 410-318-8311 x15 or 410-382-2800. He needs to plan and have sufficient supplies.
Volunteers will meet in front of Cross Country Elementary/Middle School. Keep reading for directions.
Western Run Stream Clean-Up meet at Cross Country Elementary School, 6100 Cross Country Boulevard.
Directions to Cross Country Elementary School:
From Pikesville, Owings Mills or beyond:
• go south on Park Heights Avenue • left on Fallstaff (second light after Slade Avenue) • bear right onto Cross Country Boulevard, follow for a little less than 1 mile • Cross Country Elementary School will be on your right • Park on the street or in the school’s parking lot.
From downtown or other points south:
• I-83 to Northern Parkway-west • right on Greenspring Avenue • left on Cross Country Boulevard, follow for a few blocks • Cross Country Elementary School will be on your left • Park on the street or in the school’s parking lot.
