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Spring Cleanup

Citywide Cleanup is May 3-10. Here's your one-stop information source on when and where to dump for free, how to sign up for cleaning part of Anchorage, where to get your big orange bags.

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Orange bags

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Free dump days

Get dates and details for free residential dumping during Citywide Cleanup Week. Get dates and details for free residential dumping during Citywide Cleanup Week. NEW! Scrap metal recycling, get the details here.

Clean Sweep Celebration 4-6 p.m. May 9, Park Strip

Here's where you party after all the work is done. You can sign up for three competitions, the Trash Pass & Dash, the Recycle Relay, and the Trash Tug.

CONTEST

Blue Jean Reinvention Contest

Everyone from the community is invited to enter this creative contest. Entries will be submitted and displayed on Friday, May 9. Prices will be awarded in three categories with two age divisions per category.

Getting Started: An Introduction to Citywide Cleanup

Posted by Captain Cleanup (aka Gail Palmer)

Posted: April 10, 2008 - 5:48 pm

Greetings from your Anchorage Chamber 2008 Citywide Cleanup Coordinator! For the purposes of the blog, you can call me Captain Cleanup. And thank you for checking out our first BLOG about the amazing transformation that happens every Spring in Anchorage.

Mother Nature recently gave us a glimpse at the trash underneath the snow. She's covered it back up but it's still there... just waiting for us to pick it up this May. We'll start Citywide Cleanup Week on Saturday, May 3 and finish up on Saturday, May 10. So mark your calendar now for the 40th Annual Anchorage Chamber Citywide Cleanup.

We have some exciting changes in store for our 40th year... like turning the former Blue Jeans Luncheon into the Clean Sweep Celebration. We've created contests for the community to demonstrate what else can be done with old blue jeans. We've partnered with our sponsors to bring you fun locations for Orange Bag Pickup. And we're excited to have even more Anchorage Schools participating in the Super Sweepers Program. Check out the links to the right for more information.

In the coming days, comments will be posted from our Committee Members, our Sponsors, and our Volunteers. Please share your thoughts, your photos, your stories and your ideas too.

Just like Anchorage, Citywide Cleanup keeps getting better and better. We want you to be a part!

Stayed tuned for the next installment... Ripping Good Fun: The Sound of Shredding Blue Jeans.

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5 May 4, 2008 - 11:46am | hickandrat

Captian clean up

thank you for organizing our voters that keep our property taxes on the rise. I love it that they happily pick up the trash that I disgaurd on to public property, this cuts my expense so I can afford my home, it saves me hundreds. I can hardly wait not to recycle, I will save money there too. Thanks again I will make sure you will always have a brite future.

May 5, 2008 - 3:50pm | cleanup

ACOC

The Anchorage Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit, member-driven business organization with 1,300 members representing more than 70,000 employees. Anchorage Chamber Citywide Cleanup is a collaborative effort involving thousands of volunteers.

4 April 23, 2008 - 9:30am | ToxicTom

Airport Cleanup Day

15th annual Airport Cleanup Day will be held 10am - 1pm on Friday, May 9th.
A barbecue and lots of door prizes follow the clean up. Contact the Airport Environmental Section at 266-2519 to participate or come to the Airfield Maintenance Building at 4100 Aircraft Drive between 10am - noon, Friday, May 9th.

3 April 18, 2008 - 12:15pm | monak1

Radio Community Invite

New Northwest Broadcasters will have a Community Invitational at Fairview Rec Center May 9th from 2-4p. We will be meeting there with all four of the stations (listed below), and making our mark from Fairview to the Park Strip. Please join your favorite station with your family and co-workers. We will be ending the clean-up party at the Clean Sweep Celebration. Enjoy our beautiful clean city with entertainment, prizes, and TONS of FUN!

KFAT 92.9 "Hits and Hip Hop": www.kfat929.com
KXLW "The Wolf" 96.3: www.963thewolf.com
KBBO "Bob" 92.1: www.921bob.fm
KBDZ "The Buzz" 1021.1: www.buzz1021.com

Contact Matt Hoag, Promotions Director for more information: 907-344-4197

2 April 11, 2008 - 2:29pm | creek

I am excited to help!

I am excited to help out Citywide Cleanup, as a commuter, I see LOTS of trash along the highway. I'll be starting on the Girdwood side, and cleaning north. I'll keep a stash of orange bags at the Alpine Air hanger, so anyone in Girdwood who wants to help, can easily grab a bag. If you clean on May 10th, same day as Creek Cleanup, then you can drop your bag of trash at Potter Marsh parking lot. Thanks for helping!

April 11, 2008 - 5:52pm | cleanup

Girdwood Connection

Thank you for your help and your offer to be a collection point for bags in Girdwood on May 10. If you provide more details, such as deadline for drop-off or helpful reminders, I will be happy to post the information.

Captain Cleanup says, "Do a little each day and you can be a Cleanup Hero too!"

1 April 10, 2008 - 6:22pm | ajwade01

crazy fun

Can't wait for this opportunity to make Anchorage that much better, it's going to be so much fun.

April 11, 2008 - 5:59pm | cleanup

TONS of FUN

I'm glad to hear you're excited about the 40th Annual Anchorage Chamber Citywide Cleanup.
And it is going to be TONS of FUN.

Be sure to join us for the Clean Sweep Celebration on May 9 from 4-6 pm so we can thank you for all that you do.

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