Online signup is underway for people, businesses and service groups to help pick up litter in Calcasieu Parish.
The “Pick It Up Spring Cleanup,” coordinated by the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury, is aimed at cleaning up designated areas in Calcasieu Parish and will take place the first three weeks in April. Volunteers are asked to host a litter pickup any day between April 1-23. Free trash bags and cleanup gear will be provided. Times and locations are flexible.
The cities of Lake Charles, Sulphur, Westlake, Vinton, DeQuincy and Iowa will have areas available for cleanup as well as the unincorporated areas of Calcasieu Parish.
For more information or to register your group, please visit www.pickitupcalcasieu.com or call 337-493-LITR (5487).
Surrounding events include “Love the Boot Week” April 18-24—when people all over the state will take steps to clean up their communities and promote sustainable living—and Earth Day on April 22.
