Springfield Township takes part annually in Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup, the nation's largest community improvement program. This year, projects are scheduled took place on April 16, 2011. Projects included are part of the Neighborhood Master Plan; beautifying parks and recreation areas, handling recycling collections, picking up litter, planting trees and flowers, painting a senior center, and improving our neighborhood gateways.

2011 Accomplishments:

Number of Volunteers: 160

Number of Hours Worked: 480 hours

Number of Community Groups Who Participated: 6

Bags of Litter and Debris Collected: 223 bags!

Estimated pounds of large Unbagged Debris: 450 lbs

Items Pulled From Creeks & Wooded Areas: 5 tires, 4 bikes, grill, 14 metal rods, gutter, garden hose, 2 wooden chairs, couch frame, metal picnic table, bench press, car parts, hub caps, 1 grocery cart (5 found but the creeks were to high), 1 roll of carpet, 15 paint buckets, siding, lawn chair, swingset slide, fire pit ring

Removed: 150 feet of 20-year-old split rail fencing

Planted: 150 flowers at 5 community gateway sign areas

Landscape Projects: Clifford George Memorial (Community gateway), Clifford George Concession Stand (Gateway), and The Grove Banquet Hall (rentals benefit the day-to-day operations of the senior center)

Painted: 15 picnic tables (Removed grafitti)

Stained: 3 Community Message Boards

Helped 4 Senior Adults with yard work (and cleaned out one garage for a senior in need)

2010  RESULTS
What an amazing day! Thank you to everyone who volunteered in our 9th year in participating with the Great American Cleanup.

Total Number of Volunteers: 178

Bags of Trash: 119

Tires Recycled: 108

Items we pulled out of the creeks: A Refrigerator Door, A Grocery Cart, A Golf Club, A Bike, A Swing Set, Wonderboard, A Bike Rack, Construction Materials, A Doll Stroller, A Basketball, A Soccer Goal Post, Chain Link Fence Pieces, and a 4x4 Sheet Of Plywood!