Volunteers came together Saturday to pick up trash at Elmhurst Park in East Oakland, as part of the District 7 Community Cleanup. The 66th Mob/Forever Oakland group hosted the monthly event in partnership with other organizations.
An East Oakland community turned out Saturday to clean up a popular park that is notorious for blight, trash and illegal dumping.Volunteers of all ages joined forces to make Elmhurst Park on C Street cleaner and more inviting - one trash bag at a time.Twelve-year-old Saeed Alderson helped out for the first time."To help the people and the homeless people to keep the environment safe," Alderson said when asked about the importance of cleaning up the community.
Councilmember Treva Reid said illegal dumping in her district has become a public health crisis."There are two districts in this city that carry the weight of illegal dumping. It's my district and a district in West Oakland. Nearly 50% of all service requests for illegal dumping impacts us," said Reid. "I want my neighbors to come home and see a beautiful, clean thoroughfare after a long hard day.
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