This year's cleanup was May 1st, 2010 9AM-12PM
You’ve seen the volunteers before, wearing bright orange vests and filling bag after bright orange bag, lining I-70 from Vail and Red Cliff through Gypsum. Hundreds of volunteers participated on Saturday, May 1st , for the 11th Annual Community Pride Highway Clean Up, presented by Vail Resorts Echo, a project of the Eagle River Watershed Council (ERWC).
Volunteers work in teams of ten people covering a one-mile segment of highway, filling hundreds of bags with all kinds of trash. “You’ll have a strong sense of camaraderie and accomplishment when you see all those orange bags along the road,” said Joe Macy, ERWC Board VP and Event Coordinator. “It sounds corny, but it’s fun to be part of something so big and so badly needed. Over 100 teams will cover Interstate 70 and Highways 6, 24 and 131.”
Team leaders are the heart of our success. They enlist friends, family and co-workers for their teams. They attend our team leader kickoff meetings to obtain their teams’ orange vests and bags, turn in liability waivers and attend CDOT’s safety presentation. Families with children under twelve are assigned to kid friendly areas, away from the interstate or highway.
Volunteers join teams from Vail Pass and Red Cliff to Gypsum. You can request an assignment in a general area, but you must sign up in advance so we can cover all areas of the valley.