MASON CITY – A dedicated group of Mason City citizens worked this past weekend to clean up the city’s south side.
The citizens, working as a team through the Georgia Hanford Neighborhood Association, took old appliances and electronics, furniture, junk, trash and other debris at the Georgia Hanford Park Saturday morning. Residents from all over the neighborhood hauled their debris to the huge green receptacles from Waste Management.
The is about the tenth year in a row the clean-up event has been held. Thrivent was a sponsor.
Volunteer Chris Watts was on hand to guide the cleanup, along with Larry Solberg and others who pitched in. Residents were asked for a few dollars for the large items and the appliances.
So much junk was collected that three of the massive dumpsters were needed to haul everything away.
“Just part of our goal of giving back to the community, making Mason City a better place a live,” Mr. Watts explained.
Mr. Watts and some of the other volunteers actually went out Friday evening and picked up unwanted material from their elderly neighbors who couldn’t haul it to the dumpster site in the park.
Great job of organizing this clean up Chris Watts! Look what Chris does for his community. Just think what he could do for our county if elected to the county board of supervisors. I do not see any other county supervisors that are this involved with their community. Vote Chris Watts!!
Check out Tim Latham. He does as much if not more and has for years. Tim will make a great supervisor.
Great point and I agree Tim will make a great supervisor also. Is a great community leader and volunteer for our city. We need to get both Chris and Tim on the board and turn things around for the county
Thoughtful people.
What a great story! I wish more areas did this and took pride in their yards and neighborhoods.
Just wondering, who paid for the dumpsters, and the landfill fee.
If I’m not mistaken, the neighborhood association has a fund. It raises money and then deposits into that fund to use on these kinds of projects.
Thanks for the reply.
Also Thrivent members have the ability to get Action team money ($250), to apply towards expenses when they do a project. I would assume that helped pay for the dumpsters. So if you know someone that has a Thrivent account contact them if your willing to do a service project and have them apply for the money. This is a very simple application on the computer and takes about 5 minutes to complete. Most projects are approved!
Good job! Wish I could have been there.
Great project. It should be done through out the city. The city should get after the people who have junk cars and trash in their yards.
GREAT WORK!!! We need more city residents who are willing dedicate their time to giving back to the community.