Park City Sweep is a dynamic community cleanup project organized by Groundwork Bridgeport. Averaging over 175 volunteers each fall and spring working over 600 hours as a community we clean up and plant hundreds of flowers, shrubs and trees at thirty or more public recreation sites and other non-profit organizations twice each year for the past five plus years.
To bring everything together is no small feat. Volunteers include residents, community leaders, students from Sacred Heart University, Bridgeport University's Service for Peace, Kolbe Cathedral High school, Fairfield Preparatory school, and Fairfield University, Americorps volunteers, the Kiwanis Club, Measure for Measure Carpentry, and a host of other volunteer groups.
Sites are chosen on an as-need basis, but many sites are local area non-profits such as the Center for Women and Families, the Thomas Merton Center, Homes for the Brave, and Bridgeport YMCA. Each site is led and organized by a community member, and is a great opportunity to witness community members showing their pride in their neighborhood.
Groundwork Bridgeport has received the USA Today Weekend Magazine Make A Difference Day award for this program.
This years sweep will take place on October 28th from 9-12:30, followed by a dedication at Goosetown Park to the Donnelly family.
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Barnum Avenue, Suite 304, Bridgeport, Connecticut 06608
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