Learners and Rotary Club of Springs to clean up CBD
The initiative is the brainchild of Makaita Chivonivoni, a Grade 11 learner at Springs Girls’ High School.
The Rotary Club of Springs has partnered with the Interact Club at Springs Girls’ and Boys’ high schools to clean up Springs on October 2.
The initiative is the brainchild of Makaita Chivonivoni, a Grade 11 learner at Springs Girls’ High School.
The clean-up will start and end at the entrance to Ace Auto, next to the old fire station with volunteers checking in and being given bin-liners (green and black) and being put into groups for the pick-up at 08:30.
Volunteers are requested to wear purple shirts so that they are easily identifiable.
“We have been able to secure the assistance of a local plastic recycling business that has agreed to collect all the green bin-liners (filled with plastic only) that the volunteers leave on the route for recycling purposes.
“The ward councillors for Springs town have secured the assistance of the Ekurhuleni Solid Waste Department, which will collect the black bin-liners filled with general refuse, as well as the SAPS and ProSafe to assist with roving patrols to ensure the safety of the volunteers on the day,” said the scribe at the Rotary Club of Springs, Lauren Webber-Froneman.
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Volunteers are to meet at the entrance to Ace Auto at 08:30 for the collection of bin-liners and to receive route instructions.
Start cleaning 2nd Street first.
• Group A – (learners and few volunteers ) will clean the derelict war memorial and surrounding area.
• Group B – will start cleaning at Springs Shopping Centre and move down to clean areas around Second Street Mall and areas in front of Second Street PEP
• Group C – will begin cleaning from Shoe Corner Shop. It will pass BET Exchange and end at Tshipi Noto Funeral Homes
• Group D – will start cleaning by the InOut supermarket signs and posters and end at Amoyo House of Fashion
• Group E – will start cleaning around Van Breda Motorcycles and end at Korean Motorspares
This is where the clean-up for Second Street will end.
From Second Street:
Volunteers will then turn left into 6th Avenue and then turn left again into 3rd Street
Volunteers from Group E will turn left into 6th Avenue
• Group D – will turn left into 5th Avenue and left into 3rd Street
• Group C – will turn left into 4th Avenue and left again into 3rd Street
• Group B – will turn left into 3rd Avenue and left again into 3rd Street
3rd Street
• Group E will start cleaning from Pro Motor Workshops and end at Hoppies Family Pharmacy
• Group D – will start at Maxis and Top shop and pass through Fair Price and Lewis. It will end around Coalition Buildings and Shoe Place
• Group C- will start cleaning the area around Africa House. The shop underneath it is Sadiyah Boutique and opposite it is 3rd Street PEP. It will end at the Gauteng Department of Social Development
• Group B- will start cleaning the area around Corner House (yellow and green building in 3rd Street). It will pass Windsor House and Castle Outfitters. It will end at the Ekurhuleni Metro Police.
All groups should meet up with Group A at the war memorial and go back to the starting point at the entrance to Ace Auto.
For more information, contact Webber-Froneman on 082 833 9461 or Chivonivoni (after school) on 066 151 4001.
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