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Scappoose parks volunteers outline Earth Day plans and new food drive; city to participate
Summary
Parks volunteers and library staff described plans for Earth Day (April 26), a citywide Solve cleanup starting April 3 signups, a community food drive to support the library, and other volunteer-driven events. Councilors pledged support and city participation.
JJ Duran, a parks volunteer who also works with the library, outlined plans for the citys Earth Day celebration on April 26 and a related clean-up (Solve) with volunteer sign-ups starting April 3.
Duran said the event will open with a volunteer breakfast and a cleanup that begins at 7:30 a.m., followed by live music, prize drawings (including an electric bike donation), native-planting along the Crown Zellerbach Trail and a coordinated city table. She described community partners donating food and supplies and nonprofit and business partners supplying prizes and plants.
Because the library recently lost access to some donated nonperishable goods from the county food bank, Duran said volunteers will run a food drive using painted trash cans and collection points; the library table and partners will promote donations at the Earth Day event. “The official start date for that is going to be on April 3,” Duran said of the food-can collection.
Councilors and staff discussed logistics: police and public-works support for highway cleanup segments, promotional materials for swag bags, and advancing city participation. Council President Miller and other councilors encouraged promotion and pledged to publicize sign-ups on city social media.
The council did not take a formal vote on these community event items; the presentation was informational and included a request for city participation and promotion.
