Volunteers clean up Culmore

If the Culmore area of Bailey’s Crossroads is looking a lot nicer, it’s because nearly 70 volunteers – including adults, children, and youths – spent Saturday morning collecting trash around the neighborhood.

Volunteers came from Second Story, the Friends of Holmes Run, the Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club, HACAN, and the Place-Based Initiative, a project supported by George Mason University that engages residents of Culmore and Bailey’s Crossroads on issues that affect their community. Local cleanup and recycling activist Jo Doumbia participated, as well.

The Culmore Cleanup was organized by Andres Curtin, strategy director for Crossroads Opportunity Neighborhoods at Second Story, a nonprofit that operates a family resource center, teen center, and safe youth project in Culmore.

Anthem HealthKeepers distributed special “Culmore Cleanup” hats to the volunteers. After the cleanup, the volunteers were treated to a free lunch.