Parks enjoy a spring clean

Osman’s Optical celebrates spring and Arbor Week with park clean-ups in Primrose and Lambton.

September 12, 2019

Leigh Hodgson 1 minute read

Mark (6) and Skylar (5) Dimingo help clean up Hout Park, in Lambton, last Saturday during Osman’s Optical’s park clean-up.

Spring has sprung and to celebrate the new season and Arbor Week, Osman’s Optical held park clean-ups in Lambton and Primrose, last Saturday.

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Community members and Osman’s Optical staff members braved the cold and spent the morning cleaning Hout Park, located on the corner of Second Street and Second Avenue, and the park located on the corner of Shamrock Road and Beaconsfield Avenue in Primrose.

“This was a truly wonderful project,” said Ward 39 councillor Alta de Beer who helped pick up litter in Hout Park.

“Despite the last minute preparations, and no attendees at our Primrose clean-up, we were fortunate to have had an enjoyable day,” said Suhayl Rehman, from Osman’s Optical.

“It was a pleasure contributing to the area and community around us and we intend carrying out initiatives such as these in future, with some earlier planning.”

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In addition to the park clean-ups, the Osman’s Optical team visited Epworth Children’s Village in Lambton, Pebbles Nursery School in Klopper Park and Sunnyridge Primrose School in Sunnyridge during Arbor Week where they donated plants and helped plant some plants.