WARREN — Approximately 125 volunteers spread out across the city Saturday to pick up litter, remove debris and beautify neighborhoods as part of The Greatest American Cleanup, a nationwide effort tied to Earth Day and the lead-up to America’s 250th anniversary.
The event was organized by Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership, the Geauga-Trumbull Solid Waste Management District and AVI Foodsystems Inc. and drew volunteers from neighborhood associations, churches, schools, businesses and organizations from Warren, but also drew out helping hands from Champion and Bazetta, among others.
Organizers hope the collaboration inspires more businesses and residents to participate regularly in keeping Warren clean.
Sevasti Tripoulas, community programs coordinator for TNP, said the turnout showed strong community spirit after a harsh winter left accumulated trash visible once the snow melted.
“We have residents from all over the city hitting every ward,” Tripoulas said. “We had volunteers in parks, neighborhoods and streets.”
Tripoulas said the partners plan to continue cleanups through November, providing gloves, bags, pickers and safety vests to any group that wants to organize one.
She said the events do more than remove trash to beautify the city but also “make people feel better and bring people together.”
One group focused on Courthouse Square and downtown business areas, and meticulously removed cigarette butts and gum with grabber tools from flower pots and seams of the sidewalks.
Other teams tackled larger debris, including car bumpers, lawn chairs and scrap metal along Tod Avenue near the river and the peninsula area.
Separately, 6th Ward Councilwoman Honeya Price hosted her ward’s Community Impact Cleanup Day, also sponsored by TNP and the Geauga-Trumbull Solid Waste Management District.
Volunteers were invited to a free lunch afterward at the Warren Community Amphitheatre that was provided by AVI Foodsystems.
About 50 to 60 AVI employees joined the effort, starting at the corner of Buckeye and West Main streets and working along the peninsula and riverfront areas.
Tracie Mavrogianis, executive vice president of human resources for AVI Foodsystems said the company, which traces its roots to Warren and now operates nationwide, said she was proud to participate in its first year and hopes to expand involvement.
“This is our honor to be here to partner and just to clean up and make it a fun day for us,” Mavrogianis said. “We want to support TNP because TNP needs us in order to continue to do big things.”
Constantine Payiavlas, a member of the Payiavlas family that founded AVI, and volunteer Ken Kubala cleaned a multi-acre stretch near the former Reeves building.
“Warren’s our hometown, and you know, we get an opportunity to come and clean up, even if it’s once a year. We definitely want to help out and make an improvement to the city,” Payiavlas said.
Kubala added that the visible effort could encourage others to stop littering and join future cleanups.
“It’s important to spread the word that maybe people won’t litter when they see us clean up,” he said.
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