http://www.ottawa.ca/env_water/green_living/community/adopt_en.html
Adopt-a-park, roadway or gateway
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Adopt-a-Park or Roadway or Gateway is a city-wide program that encourages community involvement in the care and maintenance of our parks and roadways. It is a partnership between volunteers and the City. The program is open to community groups and individuals of all ages who want to take an active role in enhancing the quality of life in our community.
Volunteers take on parks or roadways clean up projects to improve safety, the environment and to keep the City clean, green litter and graffiti free. Also, by removing the debris and litter from the City streets it ultimately protects the water quality of our rivers and fish habitats.
The volunteers’ involvement in clean up projects needs to be a minimum of twice a year - once in the spring and once in the fall. The City asks individuals and groups to make a long-term commitment of a minimum of two years to provide continuity to the program. To acknowledge these important efforts, each park, roadway or gateway is furnished with a sign presenting the names of the adopting individual or group. The sign is displayed for the adopting period.
The Adopt a Park or Roadway or Gateway program is in its 13th year with 120 parks and 60 roadways adopted in the City of Ottawa. Residents, schools, community groups, and businesses participated in hundreds of clean up projects since the program’s inauguration day.