by KATELYNN BALL
Staff Reporter
Labor Day weekend has been scheduled as “Alva Clean Up Day.”
The event starts at 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 5 through Sept. 7 on Oklahoma Boulevard, close to the Northwestern Oklahoma State University parking lot.
The host of this event is the SL/CE group. Volunteers are encouraged to bring personal gloves, mowers, trimmers, edgers, blowers, shovels and miscellaneous yard tools. This is one of several projects the city organizes in which Northwestern participates.
The community of Alva reaches out to its indigenes and residents in times of need. In effect, involvement in service programs like the cleanup is a way of expressing appreciation and giving back. Participants could state their volunteer hours on resumes and other documents that require community service hours. Mayor Kelly Parker said, “Many hands make light work”.
A description of activities during the event will be lawn care, sweeping and picking up trash. “Alva Clean Up Day” was organized in preparations for the homecomings at Northwestern and Alva High School and the Big Cruise and Car Show. Keeping the city of Alva kept creates the right impressions for residents when visitors attend these pending functions.
Bo Hannaford, Vice President of Academic Affairs, said, “I think there will be a little something for everyone to do.” He said, “This is a good service for our community that shows that NWOSU students and Faculty not only care about the university but the community as well.”
Parker said, “This is a good time to encourage our community to take pride in our properties and help our neighbors in need.”
There are many other related events such as the “Great American Clean Up” which occurs from March to May. Students are urged to organize community cleanup events as well. Northwestern Oklahoma State University organizes several service events such as “Paint the Town Red” and blood drives which can serve as volunteer opportunities.
For more information on the cleanup, contact Bo Hannaford at (580)-352-0311 or the Mayor Kelly Parker at (580)-748-1173. More information could be found on the mayor’s Facebook page.
The weather on the cleanup day will be a high of 90 degree and a low of 70 degrees.