Third Annual Earth Day 2010 Clean Up

“Picked up Pocopson!”

Community spirit and environmental stewardship are alive in Pocopson Township! Residents, business owners, scouting groups and volunteers celebrated Earth Day 2010 with a community cleanup on April 24. Throughout the township, over a 1/2 ton of litter, illegally-dumped tires and debris was cleared from our roadsides.

Thanks to over 100 dedicated volunteers, the following areas have been cleared of litter:

· Pocopson Elementary -- Boy Scout Pack 231 / Girl Scout Troops 41508 & 41823 & Friends/ Adam Peterson, Yasmeen Alikhan, Annette Ward, Lawrie Bolger & Sandy Royer

· Pocopson Road -- Pocopson Industries (Paige & Bruce Marra) /Riverside (Julianne Ruocco & Neighbors)

· West Creek Road -- Melissa & Preston Devens

· Creek Road (Birmingham Township) -- Jeff Leiser

· Rt. 52 from Creek Road Bridge to Lenape Farm Lane -- Bethany Siehl / Brandyridge Drive Neighbors

· Rt. 52 from Rt. 926 to East Lafayette -- The Galer Family *

· Corrine & Locust Grove Roads -- Marie & John Lofe

· S. Wawaset from Pocopson Home to Rt. 842 -- The Dolata Family *

· Rt. 842 at Red Lion Road -- Northbrook Marketplace

· Rt. 842 & Red Lion Road BVA Property – Brandywine Valley Association

· Rt. 842 from S. Wawaset to Northbrook Road - West Chester Cycling Club

· Lenape-Unionville Road -- Garrett Bunting / Clean Carpet Concepts *

· Red Lion Rd from Lenape-Unionville to Corrine Road -- The Bolger Family *

· Northbrook Rd from Rt. 842 to Marshallton -- Northbrook Canoe Co. /

Zeke Hubbard *

· Denton Hollow Road & Pocopson Township Building Park -- Kate Mims

· Pocopson Creek – Bill Haaf, Chuck Maston, Bill Taylor

· Brandywine Creek - Brandywine Valley Association Volunteers

* = denotes PennDot Adopt-A-Highway Participant

The CleanWays Committee thanks all of the participants of this year’s “Pick It Up, Pocopson” clean up and all of our township residents who pick up litter on a regular basis, whether on a walk through their neighborhood or on a visit to the park – thank you for helping to preserve the beauty of our scenic community!

To keep the Litter Control Effort ongoing throughout the year, the township is recruiting businesses, community groups and residents to adopt roads within the township. If you are interested in adopting a road through PennDOT’s Adopt-A-Highway Program, there are several state roads still available for adoption: Pocopson Road, Rt. 926 from Brandywine Creek Bridge to Brinton’s Bridge Road, and Lenape-Unionville Road. Additionally, we are offering a Township Adopt-A-Road Program for the township roads. Call the office at 610-793-2151 for adoption opportunities or to obtain supplies for your own litter cleanup.