On April 23rd, East 185th St. was swept and cleaned by a group of volunteers and the staff of Northeast Shores. Lucky for us, it was a beautiful day. We started at noon with our brooms at the Lithuanian Hall and worked our way down the street sweeping and cleaning as needed.
The East 185th St. Block Watch members JP Franczyk, his wife Bev, and Pat Lorek rolled up their sleeves to pitch in. They helped Laura Robinson, Vice President of the E.185th Merchants and Professionals Association, and the staff from Northeast Shores sweep and clean East 185th Street.
The City of Cleveland Division of Waste Collection provided a dumpster for free as part of their “Clean Sweep” program. PNC Bank donated garbage bags and Northeast Shores brought the brooms. Jeanne from the Harland Pub provided us with refreshments as we made our way down the street.
While we were stopping for refreshments, we noticed the Harland Pub had a butt collector in front of their establishment. Jeanne commented they had to get a butt collector because the bucket with sand they had out there before was not working. “Nobody was using it” she said of the bucket they had out there before. As we progressed down the street, the cleaners couldn’t help but notice that if there were more Butt Collectors in front of businesses maybe there wouldn’t be so many cigarette butts on the street. Yes, folks there were lots of cigarette butts along with the usual trash.
As we crossed the street and made our way back up East 185th St., Frank Barresi from Martin’s Men’s Wear was waiting for us with cold bottles of water. Around 2:30 we were joined by the Franczyk children, Tom and Hannah, who were a big help. Hannah, by the way, has her own clean-up business called Boop’s Poop. Hannah for a small fee will come to your house and pick up dog poop for you. If you would like to employ Hannah, you can call Denise at Northeast Shores and she will give you Hannah’s contact information.
By the time we got back to the Lithuanian Hall at 4:00, we were all tired, sore and dirty but the street was nice and clean. As Laura stood back and looked down the street she commented “the street looks so much more inviting when it is all cleaned up”. The clean up crew would like to thank those businesses who take the time to clean up in front of their stores.
*If you would like more information about a butt collector for your business, please call Denise Lorek or John Boksansky at 216-481-7660. They would be more than happy to help you obtain one.
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