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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Friday April 11, 2008 - 23 Earth Day clean ups scheduled for 28 sites across Oakville The Oakville Community Centre for Peace, Ecology and Human Rights (OCCPEHR), will host its 17th annual Earth Day Clean Up on Saturday, April 19. "A lot of people are very concerned about the terrible amount of litter in our parks, ravines, school yards, creeks and lakefront," said Stephen Dankowich, the group's executive director. "We want to beautify nature by cleaning it up. We also want to promote awareness and respect for local nature and waterways." At last year's Earth Day Clean Up, 1,400 people removed 8,000 kilograms of garbage from Oakville nature sites. OCCPEHR will provide work gloves and bags and ask that volunteers bring their own rake, broom, shovel and pick-up stick as well as their own snacks and refreshments in reusable containers. Volunteers can sign in for a chance to win a bicycle helmet donated by long-time sponsor Cyclepath. The organization will have cleanups at 28 sites from 9-11 a.m. Clean-up sites are as follows: Southwest Oakville Bronte Bluffs Park on West River Street; PetroCanada Park off of Bronte Road just north of Bridge Road to clean up this floodplain community; Hopedale Park off of Tansley Drive; at 10:30 a.m., a clean up of Lakeshore Woods meets at the `round' at Creekpath Avenue and Great Lakes Boulevard, please RSVP your attendance for this location only to brent.mcknight@gmail.com, (905) 465-1172. South Central Oakville Kerr Street area parks and Hogs Back Park by joining the West River Residents Association beginning at the Queen Mary Drive Bridge over Speers Road; the lakefront extending from Lakeside Park on Navy Street downtown will be cleaned up by the Oakville Lakeside Residents Association. Southeast Oakville Meet at Deer Run Park off of Devon Road for a clean up of Joshua's Creek, east of Ford Drive; Dunvegan Park behind Maple Grove Village; Wedgewood Park; Clearview residents should note that their clean up will not take place until April 26 at Clearview Park when you can enjoy a free hot air balloon ride provided by Remax after completing your clean up sponsored by the Clearview Oakville Community Alliance (COCA). Northwest Oakville Join Friends of Bronte Creek at the park entrance to Bronte Creek Provincial Park on Burloak Drive; join Oakvillegreen members at Nottinghill Gate Park in Glen Abbey; join the South Peel Naturalists' Club to tidy up Indian Ridge Trail off of Lindsay Drive across from sponsor Staples at the Dorval Mall; meet at the Monastery Drive Mall to clean up the Glen Oak Creek Trail; people living around Westoak Trails Boulevard can gather at Proudfoot Trail; Loyola students can join the neighbourhood at the end of Blackthorn Place behind the high school to clean up Taplow Creek and Aldercrest Park. North Central Oakville The green space around the River Oaks Recreation Centre on Sixth Line; green space around Holy Trinity Secondary School where the school environmental club is coordinating the clean up; the Shannon Creek Trail beginning at the parkette at Marlatt Drive and Callaghan Crescent; the Heritage Trail beginning at the parkette on Riverbank Way to clean up trails from River Glen Boulevard to Dundas Street; at College Park beginning at the White Oaks North Secondary School parking lot to clean up the creeks and forests. Northeast Oakville Algrove Park at White Oaks Boulevard where you can join Councillor Tom Adams; Falgarwood Pool at Grosvenor Street and Gainsborough Drive; Pondview Place off of Morrison Creek; Sheridan Valley Park off of Grand Boulevard at Livingston Road; join members of the Trafalgar Presbyterian Church and the Oakville Phoenix soccer team to clean up Morrison Valley North by meeting at the Glenashton Drive Bridge; Grand Boulevard and Upper Middle Road, you can help to clean up the historic Iroquois Shoreline Woods Park. After the clean up, carpool or take Bus #28 to the Glen Abbey Rec Centre on Third Line to attend the free eighth annual Halton Eco Festival which is a one-day-only event until 6 p.m. and features 100 booths and 18 educational workshops. To get involved or for more information, e-mail info@oakvillepeacecentre.org, visit www.oakvillepeacecentre.org or call 905-849-5501. Tempur-Pedic To The Welcoming ® oyal Family. 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