This year volunteers with Keep Emanuel Beautiful (KEB) invite all Emanuel County citizens and civic groups to join in the county-wide cleanup on Saturday, May 11, from 9 a.m. to noon. Meet up sites for each community are the City Park for Oak Park and Adrian, city hall for Summertown and Garfield, the Smith Canoochee Store for Canoochee, and the Boneyard for Swainsboro. (Twin City has its city-wide cleanup this week.)
Prizes will be awarded to the groups with the most volunteers making the largest impact and the craziest find. Everyone who participates will receive pizza and drinks at noon at the Boneyard.
From each starting point, volunteers will collect maps, bags and vests then drive to their designated areas. A list of roads and sites in need of cleaning will be provided to those who will not be cleaning their own neighborhoods or stretches.
When bags have been filled, participants are asked to send a photo of their cleanup to the Keep Emanuel Beautiful Facebook or Instagram pages with the hashtag #EmanuelTrashBash, or if they want to give their city or street a shoutout, they can list their city in the hashtag #AdrianTrashBash.
At noon, all participants can bring non discarded bags to the Swainsboro Boneyard for a community picture where there will be pizza, prizes and more. The largest group that cleans their area the most will receive the KEB honorary award and bragging rights for a year.
The Emanuel County Southern Trash Bash is open to the public. This event was developed through a partnership between Emanuel County Board of Commissioners, the City of Swainsboro, Twin City, Garfield, Adrian, Summertown, Georgia, Oak Park, Canoochee, Emanuel County Public Works and Keep Emanuel Beautiful, an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful dedicated to ending litter and beautifying communities in the Emanuel County area. Other community partners include Swainsboro Moose Lodge, Tractor Supply.
