Pick It Up – Toss No Mas October Trick-or-Trash Community Cleanup Featuring Costume Contest on Saturday, October 14th at 9 am – 12 pm at Grant County Community Foundation parking lot

Silver City's Pick It Up–Toss No Mas is thrilled to present our Trick-or-Trash Community Cleanup event! Get ready to put on your most enchanting Halloween costume for a chance to win a prize and enjoy a frighteningly fun time as we clean up our community. Join us on Saturday, October 14th, 2023, at the Grant County Community Foundation parking lot from 9 am to noon. You won’t want to miss this spooktacular chance to make a difference in your community!

Volunteers should meet at the Grant County Community Foundation parking lot at 1106 North Pope Street, at 9 am on Saturday, October 14th and grab your supplies, including trash bags, gloves, trash pickers, snacks, and free t-shirts for new volunteers. Once you’ve finished collecting litter, return to the parking lot and drop off all trash and recyclables between 11am and noon. We’ll record your cleanup results which could qualify you for a prize!

Volunteers should wear closed-toe shoes and bring a hat, water bottle, and sunscreen. Children 17 and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Families with younger children are encouraged to clean up litter in their neighborhood, local parks or waterways as children under 12 are not permitted on state highways for the cleanup.

Thank you to the New Mexico Department of Transportation for hauling the collected trash to the landfill. Recyclables will be recycled with Silver City Recycles.

Check out the Pick It Up-Toss No Mas website www.silvercitytossnomas.org   to sign up to volunteer and to learn about litter prevention opportunities, the business pledge program, Adopt-A-Roadway or Waterway program, and solid waste disposal and recycling resources.

 
Volunteers are the foundation of the Pick It Up – Toss No Mas program. Since October 2021, over 647 volunteers have picked up over 17,103 pounds of trash, debris, and recyclables from Highways 180 and 90, Silver City neighborhoods, Big Ditch Park and San Vicente Creek.

Thank you to our wonderful volunteers, organizations and partners for their outstanding dedication to helping clean up Silver City in September. Together, we achieved an amazing feat, gathering 520 pounds of litter during our World Cleanup Day event! Your unwavering commitment and the remarkable turnout are a testament to our shared mission to preserve the beauty of Silver City!

Monthly Pick It Up – Toss No Mas clean-up events are held the third Saturday of every month. Community members can also adopt a roadway or waterway to take care of and clean up throughout the year. On top of that, Pick It Up – Toss No Mas can provide guidance for those who would like to put on their own clean up event, helping to supply the trash pickers, trash bags and gloves for your event.

 
Pick It Up – Toss No Mas community cleanup events are sponsored by the Town of Silver City, New Mexico Clean and Beautiful, Silver City Watershed Keepers, Silver City Recycles, Silver City MainStreet, SWNMACT, Southwest Solid Waste Authority, Silver City-Grant County Chamber of Commerce, and New Mexico Department of Transportation’s Toss No Mas Program.

 
More information for the event can be found at  silvercitytossnomas.org  or contact Emily Cox at 575-538-8078 or via email at pickituptossnomas@gmail.com