Duarte & Bradbury Honor the Earth with an
April 21st Joint Community Volunteer Project
DUARTE, CA, April 5, 2012 – Duarte and Bradbury will honor Earth Day 2012 with a variety of joint community volunteer projects starting at 9:00 am on Saturday, April 21st including planting trees, drought tolerant plants, gardens and cleaning up the Royal Oaks, Bradbury North and Lemon trails.
California America Water has donated the drought tolerant plants that will be installed along Duarte’s Encanto Park Bioswale and Nature Trail. Two trees donated by the Los Angeles County Sanitation District will be planted at Duarte Park, which lost a beloved old oak tree and several others during last November’s major windstorm. The Duarte Teen Center will also unveil a fruit and vegetable garden planted by members of the Teen Nutrition Council.
Some 70 volunteers including 50 teens from the Duarte Area Resource Team (D.A.R.T), Cardinals Helping Youth Live Life (CHYLL), Teen Nutrition Council, and Share Mentoring Program will participate in the Earth Day activities along with staff volunteers from Duarte and Bradbury.
A continental breakfast at the Teen Center, followed by a talk from guest Benet Sanchez of the Los Angeles Regional Agency (LARA), will kick off Earth Day activities at 9:00 am. LARA is a consortium of 16 environmentally conscious large and small member cities in the Los Angeles County committed to the state mandated reduce, reuse, and recycling philosophy of Assembly Bill 939. Mayors from both Cities will also be on hand to officially welcome the volunteers.
The community Earth Day project was made possible through the support of sponsors, the City of Bradbury, City of Duarte, Burrtec Waste Industries, Frontier Hardware, CHYLL, DART, California American Water, Sophia’s Garden, and Duarte’s Promise; the Alliance for Youth. For more information, or to volunteer, call Duarte City Hall, (626) 357-7931, ext. 267.
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