Spring and Sprouting Trash

It's spring. Flowers are blooming, and unfortunately, so is trash. More people out walking and apparently littering. If your town doesn't have a clean-up day, organize one for your neighborhood. Send out a flyer or an email inviting everyone to meet at your place for coffee, bagels and donuts (People will do anything for free Krispy Kreems) and grab a trash bag to go out and spruce up the area. In St. Louis City, we have Operation Brightside each May and I volunteered to be a block captain one year. Apparently, that is an appointment for life unless you tell them otherwise. Hey! It's once a year. I can do this.

You can also combine trash pick-up with a potluck to follow, anything that makes your environment neater and helps build community with your neighbors.