We need your help cleaning up one of the largest illegal dumpsites in Philadelphia!

On Saturday, April 5, the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) will partner with United by Blue, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, The Office of Clean and Green, and the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed (TTF) for The Philly Spring Cleanup at Tacony Creek Park, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

This partnership of green organizations will come together to help preserve the health and beauty of Tacony Creek Park, located in the lower region of Northeast Philadelphia.

Recently, over 4,000 tires were found illegally dumped at Tacony Creek Park. Despite the hard-working efforts of the City’s sanitation workers to clear out the tires, many still remain.

That’s why we’re asking for your help to clean up the remaining illegally dumped debris at Tacony Creek Park!

Tacony Creek Park is the only publicly accessible section of Tacony Creek within the Philadelphia portion of the watershed. The woodlands of Tacony Creek Park provide a stable habitat for over 100 species of birds and other wildlife.

It’s up to us to sustain Tacony Creek Park as it’s meant to be: a beautiful green space open to the public and home to diverse communities.

Volunteers will promptly meet at the Adams Avenue section of Tacony Creek Park at 9:00 a.m. to check in and begin the cleanup.

After the cleanup, volunteers will have the chance to win sustainable United By Blue merchandise, as well as enjoy free dumplings from the Humpty’s Dumplings Food Truck. Additionally, green organizations across Philadelphia will be present to inform volunteers how they can continue to stay involved in making our city cleaner, safer, and greener.

We hope we’ll see you there!

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Also, check out other upcoming Spring cleanup events across Philadelphia: