Sunday, April 30 is spring cleanup day for Prince George and everybody is invited to participate in the annual event to make this city a cleaner place to live.
The annual event from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. is organized by the city after years of being administered by the non-profit REAPS (Recycling and Environmental Action Planning Society).
“The city is facilitating it now, since we are relocating from Lheidli T’enneh Park,” said REAPS executive director Terri McClymont. “We did a joint running of the program last year and this year I’m just encouraging people to get out there and pitch in.
“They can register with the city online and all the bags and gloves can be picked up next week.”
On Saturday, April 29, REAPS is also hosting the Junk In The Trunk sale, in the CN Centre parking lot from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. A bike swap is also planned for that day at the same time and location.
All 125 vendor spots for Prince George’s largest garage sale have been sold, at $25 each, and REAPS will use that money to help relocate its office.
In March, REAPS left its former headquarters at Lheidli T’enneh Memorial Park after the city returned the property back to the Lheidli T’enneh to establish a day care for the First Nation at the site. The society office is now at the Industrial Forest Services building at 1595 Fifth Ave.
REAPS plans to eventually move to the David Douglas Society Botanical Garden visitor centre on the UNBC campus, once that project is complete. McClymont said REAPS fundraising is focused on the new growing knowledge community compost garden, which will be part of four-season garden expansion.
REAPS will share The Exploration Place garden to host its outdoor public programs, as it did last year. The society will also be collecting organic material from restaurants for the Gilliard farm/community garden on Queensway next to the Hudson’s Bay Wetland.
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