Campus Services & Business Operations (CSBO) is once again inviting faculty, staff and students to help with the annual 20-Minute Clean Up – it’s a big sweep of the key areas on the Keele and Glendon campuses where winter has left trash and other unwanted debris. As part of its annual spring cleanup to celebrate Earth Day, everyone in the University community is challenged to help out for 20 minutes on Friday, April 24 starting at 2pm to collect all the litter left behind as the snow melts. Join friends and colleagues and pitch in to give the University’s Keele and Glendon campuses a bit of “spit and polish” as part of the annual 20-Minute Clean-Up Day.
Woodlot Makeover
This year, there are several options to choose from. As it was with last year’s effort, many in the University community focused their efforts on the campus woodlot periphery along the roadways. There are designated meeting spots for faculty, staff and students who want to tackle the woodlots. Volunteers should come to designated meeting spots at 2pm on Friday to pick up gloves and a bag.
At Glendon, community members are asked to meet at 2pm outside Glendon Hall Manor.
At the Keele campus, the meeting spots are:
- Sentinel Road at Assiniboine Road, just south of the Assiniboine Apartments, and south of York Parking Lots, along the border with the Village;
- Arboretum;
- Boyer Woodlot;
- Danby Woods; and
- Boynton Woods.
For a map indicating the meeting locations at Keele campus, click York University 20 Minute Clean-up.
Safety tips
- Wear appropriate and protective clothing (boots, gloves etc.).
- Wear a hat or sunscreen if necessary.
- Pick up litter in your gloved hand and carry the trash bag in the other.
- Do not pick up strange articles that may be dangerous.
- Don’t pick up anything that looks sharp (e.g. broken bottles or needles).
- Do not take any risks attempting to reach litter in hard-to-get-to places (up a tree, down a steep incline, in rapidly flowing water, on slippery surfaces etc.)