Interest surges in inaugural Canton Cleanup

Resident interest, along with company donations, have surged in recent weeks for the “Great Canton Cleanup” as organizers firm up plans for the inaugural town-wide event set for April 30.

Head organizer Jeff Sullivan told the Select Board Tuesday evening that they have received 264 volunteer signups and noted that the business response has been “terrific.” The original deadline for volunteer registration was April 28, but it has since been moved up to Friday, April 22.

Several companies have made donations, including Boston Mutual Life Insurance ($2,500), Rodman Ford ($500), Bank of Canton ($500), Dr. Alan Rapoport ($250), and TBC Management ($200).

Sullivan said there will be six primary cleanup sites: Messinger Park, downtown Canton from Town Hall to 7-Eleven, the area around the Galvin and Hansen schools, Luce School, CHS athletic fields, and the Blue Hills Trailside Museum on the border of Canton and Milton.

The event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and includes a cookout for all volunteers hosted by the Canton Community Club at the CHS football field. Sullivan said all registered volunteers will be eligible for raffle prizes but have to attend the cookout in order to claim the prize.

Sullivan acknowledged that the event is occurring on one of the busiest Saturdays for the town with the Canton Little League parade and the town’s Hazardous Waste Collection Day also scheduled for April 30.

In other news from the April 12 meeting:

* The Select Board gave the go-ahead for the Department of Elder and Human Services to use a $59,000 grant to hire a part-time outreach worker. In other news, the board agreed to spend up to $60,000 from the Brightview mitigation fund to complete the purchase of a new DEHS van, which has risen in cost to $108,000. Point 32Health, formerly Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, had previously committed $60,000 for the van and will have its company name inscribed on the vehicle …

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Posted by Mike Berger on Apr 15 2022. Filed under News. Both comments and pings are currently closed.