Campbell River, BC (Canada) – Adopt-a-Block, a volunteer
group with a mission to remove trash from the sidewalks and boulevards of
Campbell River and surrounding districts has been banned from city parks.
"I am going to have to ask your group not to pick up litter or perform any other work on our parks sites due to labour relations and liability issues, " wrote Ross Milnthorp, General Manager, Parks, Recreation and Culture, in an email to Susan Black the initiator of the humble bunch.
“Our single purpose is to clean the city and present ‘her’
as a beautiful place to observe, smell, listen to and feel,” according to
Susan. “The volunteers walk the city willingly, some for long distances, retrieving trash that others have left behind. We are sorry to have been
excluded from the parks, which are sometimes on our route. The next time you
see trash in the park, leave it be, apparently it’s the property of Parks,
Recreation and Culture.”
Adopt-a-Block is registered with Clean Up the World,
an organization sanctioned by the United Nations. http://www.cleanuptheworld.org
“We intend to develop a ‘Volunteers in Parks’ program as
soon as resources allow and we believe that this program will address the
issues above and also provide volunteer opportunities, which generate civic
pride in our parks system,” wrote Ross Milnthorp.
Susan can be reached at cleanlivingcr@gmail.com, Ross
Milnthorp can be reached at ross.milnthorp@campbellriver.ca
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| Adopt-a-Block Campbell River is registered with this United Nations sanctioned organization |
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