{"id":27793,"date":"2018-03-12T09:36:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T13:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=27793"},"modified":"2018-03-12T09:36:57","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T13:36:57","slug":"volunteers-needed-for-red-clay-cleanup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=27793","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers needed for Red Clay Cleanup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BrandywineRedClayLogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6678\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BrandywineRedClayLogo-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>WEST CHESTER \u2014 700 volunteers are needed for the annual Red Clay Valley Clean Up to be held on Saturday, March 24<sup>th<\/sup> from 8 AM &#8211; Noon.\u00a0 The Clean Up is co-sponsored by the Brandywine Red Clay Alliance (BRC) and the Delaware Nature Society (DNS) to sweep 90 miles of stream and road ways along the east and west branches of the Red Clay Creek, including Kennett Square Borough going south through Yorklyn and Hockessin, DE and ending at Kirkwood Highway and Route 52.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Volunteers are crucial to the success of the Red Clay Valley Clean Up.\u00a0 680 volunteers participated in 2017 to collect more than 13 tons of trash.\u00a0 \u201cVolunteers work hard but most also consider it great fun and an opportunity for family and neighbors to get together,\u201d says Jim Jordan, chair of the Red Clay Clean Up project.<\/p>\n<p>After check-in and refreshments including Starbucks coffee, volunteers disperse to assigned areas along the clean up route. Necessary materials (gloves, bags, reflective safety vests, etc.) are provided. Large groups are encouraged to contact BRC (610-793-1090) or DNS (302-239-2334) or email <span \n                data-original-string='6qEcy2OtGqDBGH6WkNgPgg==7505Q3LKazFzxxgg1S1H9puGvQ+YcC9GrEOhl9sqF5JDFU='\n                class='apbct-email-encoder'\n                title='This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. To finish the decoding make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser.'>jj<span class=\"apbct-blur\">*****<\/span>@<span class=\"apbct-blur\">***************<\/span>ay.org<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>This community event is also sponsored by Mt. Cuba Center, Red Clay Valley Scenic Byway Alliance, Kennett Area Park Authority, Phillips Mushroom Farms, Wild Birds Unlimited-Hockessin, DE, WSFS, Constellation, Chandler Funeral Home, DE State Senator Greg Lavelle, Starbucks Coffee Company, Chatham Financial, Suez Water Delaware, Bike Delaware, Marty\u2019s Contracting and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEST CHESTER \u2014 700 volunteers are needed for the annual Red Clay Valley Clean Up to be held on Saturday, March 24th from 8 AM &#8211; Noon.\u00a0 The Clean Up is co-sponsored by the Brandywine Red Clay Alliance (BRC) and the Delaware Nature Society (DNS) to sweep 90 miles of stream and road ways along [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[6395,1363],"class_list":["post-27793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-brandywine-red-clay-alliance","tag-clean-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27794,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27793\/revisions\/27794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}