Steinbach churches work together to encourage clean-up
The 8th annual Steinbach “Pick up and Walk” community clean up event will now take place on Saturday, May 4th, due to the amount of water still in the ditches and in many places snow. Russ Dyck, City of Steinbach Parks and Rec department head explains, “Due to our late spring and substantial amount of water and remaining snow in many of our ditches and park spaces, we are pushing up the Pick Up and Walk one week to May 4th.”
Volunteers picking up garbage in Steinbach at a previous community “Pick up and Walk” event.
Hundreds have already signed up to help clean up the city. Families, church groups, co-workers, and friends will be walking through the community picking up garbage along the main streets and in the ditches and parks while getting some much needed exercise.
Last year over 1,000 volunteers picked up 4.88 tons of garbage in just under 3 hours, saving the city thousands of dollars. Grace Hiebert, from Southland Church, and one of the community organizers for “Pick up and Walk”, looks forward to another great showing of volunteers. “This is such a meaningful event because it involves people of all ages, and from a wide variety of churches and groups coming together because they love their city and want to make it even more beautiful. We are hopeful that with the new date of May 4th many more will sign up to get involved.”
All “Pick up and Walk” volunteers will be meeting at the T.G Smith Arena in Steinbach on Saturday, May 4th at 9 am and everyone is welcome to participate (remember to wear your bright yellow t-shirt from last year!). From there, volunteers will be dispatched in groups of 6-10 and will be supplied with maps, routes, and garbage bags. People are encouraged to wear rubber boots, and to dress for the weather. A thank you lunch will be provided, free of charge back at the arena at noon.
