Staff Report –
It’s time to help clean up along community roads after a busy tourist and hunting season. The 4th Annual CoulterHill Cleanup will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 27 beginning at 8 a.m.
Sponsored by the Copperpot Cafe, volunteers will pick up liter and trash along J132 and adjacent roads.
Volunteers are asked to meet at the Copperpot Café between 8 and 8:30 a.m. for complementary coffee and a safety meeting, where trash grabbers and safety vests will be distributed.
Stretches of roads will be allocated and volunteers will use their own vehicles and park and walk, collecting cans, bottles, trash, and even cigarette butts. Bags will be left on the shoulder and picked up by cafe owner Brandon Reeder at the end of the day.
If you have your own trash grabbers and high visibility clothing, please announce that you can accommodate that need. Gloves and such will be provided as well.
There will be a lunch break around 12:30-1:30 p.m. A simple heart-warming soup will be provided. The cleanup will be completed by 4 p.m.
“A big thank you for our SCOPE volunteers for driving around and helping keep our volunteers safe by creating awareness of volunteer workers on the road and the presence,” Reeder said.
A dump trailer donated by Kris Baltz will be available to haul the trash collection to the dump.
“A big shout out to our public works team as well for supplying the roadwork signage for the day,” Reeder said in the announcement on Facebook. “Your team has cleaned up our roads and are really actively working to get them safe for winter.”
He also thanked Shannon Poe, Mariposa County District 2 Supervisor, for his help.
“It’s a team and community effort,” he said.
Organizers are still looking for donations of trash grabbers and vests.
“Let’s continue the love for our community,” he said, “and clean up before the mud takes it over!”
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