GREEN UP DAY (May 4, 2019) is a great Jericho and Vermont family tradition proving once again that caring + contribution equals community.
If you have more ideas for Green Up Day (for this year or next years event) please consider submitting them onto the Jerichovt.org web site under the IDEAS section.
Scroll to the bottom of this post to participate in a one question poll about picking up litter.
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2019 Poster Design Contest
Overall winner: Chloe Jenkins, Grade 8, Chester.
View more poster entries below. |
SATURDAY MAY 4th 2019 is
GREEN UP DAY
Green Up Day Volunteers are all invited to the Annual Green Up Day Breakfast
Community Center in Jericho Center
Bring a breakfast dish to share
8:30 am to 10 am
Drop off full bags of Green Up Day Trash at:
Jericho Town Garage 510 Brown’s Trace,
10AM to 2PM on Saturday May 4th *only.
*Do not leave bags along side of the road unless you have made arrangements to have them picked up.
To sign up for a Jericho Road to clean up go to :
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409044fada628a75-greenup1
Or call to Volunteer: Jericho Town Office 899-4936 x1
(OK to leave a message after hours)
Bags available at:Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, Jericho Town Library, Jericho Town Hall, and at the Community Center Breakfast
GREEN UP DAY POSTER MAKING will be at the Community Center in Jericho Center on Friday May 3rd from 3pm to 4pm with possibility of jazz music from the ROAD BEATS
If you have more ideas for Green Up Day (for this year or next years event) please consider submitting them onto the Jerichovt.org web site under the IDEAS section.
Scroll to the bottom of this post to participate in a one question poll about picking up litter.
2019 Green Up Vermont Writing Contest winner:
Bella Schultz-Mitchell, Grade 6, Bakersfield, VT
Green Up Day
Vermont, what a beautiful name for something you want to keep clean and brilliant
We are so proud of our people, Vermont's People, we are so diligent
The signs around our state that make us aware of the first Saturday in May
We clean our state with the way we know
With the green bags that we pick up from our local town hall
The love that we have for our state calls out our tall confidence for our beautiful state
We breath in the clean air and ignore the chemical hate
In twenty twenty it will b the fiftieth birthday for Green Up Day
Fifty years of care and love to our state while keeping it clean and healthy
Our nonprofit group
Vermont Green Up Day
Our people make up that group with kind compassion
With our passion of keeping our home clean and loving
The state we love is nine thousand miles long
We have cleaned thirteen thousand miles with our group that take their lives to love our state
and care for it
The first on the rank for the best place to live in the USA
Our pristine environment, bring our people around
Green Up Day
That's what it's all about
Learning from people
All around
We are so proud of our people, Vermont's People, we are so diligent
The signs around our state that make us aware of the first Saturday in May
We clean our state with the way we know
With the green bags that we pick up from our local town hall
The love that we have for our state calls out our tall confidence for our beautiful state
We breath in the clean air and ignore the chemical hate
In twenty twenty it will b the fiftieth birthday for Green Up Day
Fifty years of care and love to our state while keeping it clean and healthy
Our nonprofit group
Vermont Green Up Day
Our people make up that group with kind compassion
With our passion of keeping our home clean and loving
The state we love is nine thousand miles long
We have cleaned thirteen thousand miles with our group that take their lives to love our state
and care for it
The first on the rank for the best place to live in the USA
Our pristine environment, bring our people around
Green Up Day
That's what it's all about
Learning from people
All around
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K-4 Winner:
Lyla LaBossiere,
Grade 4, Westford, VT
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| 5-8 Winner: Greta Bernier, Grade 8, Andover,VT |
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| 9-12 Winner: Heather Anne Lee, Grade 9, Shelburne,VT |
Over 100 people answered/completed my prompt, "When I pick up litter I feel..." Here are some of the responses I received to the prompt, "How do you feel when you pick up litter?
When I pick up litter I feel...
- Proud. Happy. Excited. ~Madison C.
- I felt lousy when I picked up one piece of litter.
So I picked up ten. ~Willies mom - It leaves me feeling more connected to the natural world and I know however small I've made a difference. ~Ocean Warrior
- TEN FEET TALL
- Like a SUPERHERO making my community a better place to live. D.M.
- Righteous, cuz a beautiful community takes a community effort! A.N.
- As though I'm doing my part to protect the creatures I share the planet with. S.D.
- I get an instant personal reward, a feeling of accomplishment, and pride in this (Jericho) place. Bernie
- I am really angry with the thoughtless person who through it there. Rita
How do YOU feel when you pick up litter?
Send me your answer with your name or initials, superhero name or team name and I will publish the answers I receive on this web site.
Participate any day of the year in Litterati: Find a piece of litter, photograph it with instagram, hashtag your photo with #Litterati, throw away, recycle or compose the litter.
Click here for some (light hearted-funny) positive disposal behaviors.
Click here for a field guide to litter.
Green Up Vermont's web page offers:
Click here for a field guide to litter.
Green Up Vermont's web page offers:
- About Green Up Day - https://greenupvermont.org/the-green-up-day-story/
- The Green Up Day Story - A Vermont Tradition dating back to 1969: https://greenupvermont.org/the-green-up-story
- Green Up Day poster and writing contest winning entries: https://greenupvermont.org/contests
