Litter not only hurts scenery and morale in historic College Hills, but also flows into Valley Creek - a major tributary of the Black Warrior River - each time it rains. College Hills residents, Birmingham-Southern students and other volunteers will meet to clean up the neighborhood on Saturday, May 5, from 9 a.m - noon.

Volunteers will meet at the College Hills Eco-Scape (behind McCoy Center for Community Service – 700-8th Avenue West), between Legion Field and Birmingham-Southern’s main entrances and will be placed on to teams and disbursed throughout the neighborhood to pick up trash. Refreshments will be served. At that time we will tour the Eco-Scape (which is under construction) and hear explanations of the various features. NorthStar Youth Ministries, an excellent organization located at the McCoy Center for Community Service, will be running gardening and art classes at the Eco-Scape this summer.

Youth are welcome with a chaperone. Info about illegal dumping and water quality will be distributed by SWMA and Black Warrior Riverkeeper.

Tags: Black Warrior Riverkeeper

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