EVERETT — After breakfast at IHOP, they head to Henry M. Jackson Park.
The Everett Sail and Power Squadron, a nonprofit boating club, is among the active participants in the city’s Adopt-a-Street program. Several times a year, club members pick up litter along E Marine View Drive.
The city has nearly 40 Adopt-a-Street volunteer groups, including neighborhood organizations, homeowner associations and businesses. Among them, they cover about 57 miles of street, said Apryl Hynes, a spokeswoman for the public works department.
The city provides the volunteers with safety gear and cleanup supplies and hauls away the collected trash. Last year, people gave more than 600 hours.
“We rarely turn people away who want to clean up,” Hynes said. “We really encourage people to help Everett be a litter-free place.”
The Power Squadron’s Dennis Morris, 71, is retired from GTE and Verizon. He’s been with the club 25 years and has taught many of its boating safety classes.
Civic service is an important part of the club’s mission, he said.
They chose E Marine View because it leads to the marina, he said. Each cleanup party usually has at least six volunteers.
More groups always are welcome, Hynes said.
“There is definitely a need,” she said. “There are some people who are very passionate about having their neighborhoods be clean.”
Rikki King: 425-339-3449; rking@heraldnet.com. Twitter: @rikkiking.
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