Earth Day is Monday, April 22, and the Gray-New Gloucester Optimist Club is again organizing a community clean-up, with gift certificates as a thank-you for some lucky participants.
Who: Anyone! Family, friends, teammates, schoolmates, or just you.
What: Commit to pick up trash or litter for a minimum of one hour in your community. Maybe take a picture to share on our Facebook page.
When: Earth Day Weekend – Anytime from Sat. April 20 through Earth Day Monday April 22
Where: Around your neighborhood, streets, playgrounds, parks, business, or wherever you see it.
Why: Help make your neighborhood cleaner and possibly win one of our gift certificates!
To register your group and possibly win a free gift certificate from one of our many sponsors, email GNG.optimists@gmail.com or phone (207) 714-0335 or 783-5269, or contact any G-NG Optimist member.
Please spread the word and plan to join in!
Last year’s sponsoring restaurants included the Fisherman’s Net, Birchwood Brewery, McDonalds, Subway, The Village Inn, I-Hop, Heidi’s, Longhorn Steak House, Roy’s, Davinci’s, Dad’s Place, Buffalo Wild Wings, Denny’s, Manee Thai Restaurant, Kathy’s Diner, D’Angelo’s, Cyndi’s Dockside, Dunkin, Otto’s Pizza, Baxter Brewing, Daddy O’s, and the Pineland Marketplace.
— George Mathews, for the Gray-New Gloucester Optimist Club
NGX eds: To learn more about the GNG Optimist Club, find GNG Optimist Club on Facebook.
