Mayor Jimmy Davis announced that he and the Bayonne City Council are inviting community members and groups to take part in a citywide Earth Day clean-up in Bayonne on Saturday, April 22. Mayor Davis said, “Earth Day 2023 will provide residents a great opportunity to volunteer to clean up and beautify our city. It’s a day when we can work together building community spirit and a cleaner Bayonne.”
Mayor Davis continued, “There has been an impressive turnout of volunteers throughout the community for our recent Earth Day clean-ups. I look forward to a continuation of that great effort in 2023.”
City officials are inviting individuals, community organizations, and other groups of volunteers to sign up to clean a specific area of the community on Saturday, April 22, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Interested organizations and individuals are invited to register as a team. People can either form a team to participate, or the organizers can place individuals on a team near where they live. In recent years, various teams, local businesses, and community groups have taken part. Mayor Davis said, “We would like to encourage all of them to sign up again for the 2023 clean-up. We would also welcome new groups and individuals to join in the Earth Day clean-up activities.” Interested groups and individuals are encouraged to register as soon as possible, in order to get a designated clean-up area. The Department of Public Works is coordinating the clean-up. To register, please contact Kaitlyn McNulty at cleanbayonne@baynj.org or call 201-858-6070.
Teams will be asked to take photos of the garbage bags collected, so that they can be displayed on Facebook. The group with the most garbage bags will win a pizza party with Mayor Davis.
The Glutton, Bayonne’s new litter-consuming machine, will be going around the community during the clean-up and will also be in action at the post clean-up event on the lower level of DiDomenico-16th Street Park.
After taking part in the citywide clean-up, all participating teams and individuals are invited to the Earth Day celebration at the lower level of DiDomenico 16th Street Park, below the foot of West 16th Street, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The park is located between Avenue A and Newark Bay. The celebration will include live musical entertainment by Bayonne’s own Just Jammin.’
Mayor Davis concluded, “We should all help our community and our planet on Earth Day and throughout the year. Let’s have a successful, citywide clean-up on Saturday, April 22.”