#SacoME #EarthDay #Cleanup

Come Celebrate Earth Day in Saco!

April 24 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

"Registration is NOW OPEN!

Each year, the Saco Parks & Recreation Department offers an opportunity to bring the community together to clean up and prepare the local green spaces and parks for spring and summer! It is now more important than ever to focus on our green space, clean energy, eliminating waste, and becoming an eco-friendly community.

"#ecomaine is proud to be part of this year’s celebration! Stop by our table at the #SacoCommunityCenter at the start of the day to pick up #recycling resources, meet our education team, and learn about the sustainable waste programs available to Saco residents. At the end of the cleanup, we’ll be weighing the trash collected from parks, trails, and open spaces across the city so volunteers can see the real impact their community made together.

"Looking to get involved? Join your neighbors to volunteer in Saco and help clean up and prepare local parks for spring and summer. Duties include #TrashPickUp, #weeding, #mulching, raking, and more. This event is (light) rain or shine!


Schedule of Events:

When: Friday, April 24th, 2026
Where: Our very own Saco parks, schools, trails, and open spaces!
Time: 9:00am-1:00pm
Please meet at the Saco Community Center at 9:00am to check-in. Everyone who registers by the T-shirt deadline will pick up their shirts.
We will also have coffee and refreshments for everyone so that we can fuel up before we go!
Volunteers will disperse to your locations after we take a group photo!
Fee: FREE but must pre-register!
Ages: Volunteers under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult.


Earth Day Location Options:

Please only sign up for one location.

Options this year include:

Diamond Riverside Park: On Irving St. overlooking the Saco River.

Pepperell Park: Located around the Saco Dog Park and Fairfield School on Beach St./School St. - nice and quiet (and shaded!).

Front Street Park and River Walk Trail: On Front St. near the river and boat launch and includes the new walkway.

Cascade Falls Trail: Located on Cascade Rd. off of Route 1.

Haley Park: Located on King St. near the Saco Community Garden.

Saco Community Center: 75 Franklin St.

Saco Middle School: 40 Buxton Rd.

Memorial Park at CK Burns School: 135 Middle Street

Jubilee Park: Covered bridge park on Water Street.

Rendezvous Point & Outlook Cemeteries

If your preferred location has reached capacity, please register for another site. There are plenty of opportunities to help us prepare Saco's parks for the spring and summer!"

To sign up:
https://sacome.myrec.com/info/activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=28247

#SolarPunkSunday #MaineEvents #EarthDay2026 #ParkCleanups #CommunitySpaces #CemeteryCleanups #BuildingCommunity #Volunteering

Picked this out of the forest so I don't have to get annoyed every time I walk past it.

Three metal tubs with the bottom rusted away and some plastic trash.

#Homestead #Cleanup #Trash

Is there a #CleanUp or other #EarthDay related event going on where you are? The #SolarPunkSunday team wants to know!

#EarthDay2026 #LoveYourMother #LoveNature

Too wet for doing much today so I only messed around with that wheel and tidied around the barn a bit.

Found a bunch of truck panels that were integrated into the animal shack I'm demolishing. It had all kinds of stuff nailed to it, steel, wood, rubber mats, even cardboard.

Broke down the furniture inside for sauna fuel (a hay feeder and some kind of rack soaked with animal piss), then pulled some more disintegrating plastic bags from the ground and threw them into the recycling bin.

Some days not much progress, but every little bit helps.

#Homestead #Cleanup #ScrapMetal

Treasures from the scrapmetal sorting.

Some kind of spring-loaded trailer hook?

Two welded steel contraptions, they look like drawbars for something.

A heavy, low brazier stand and an incomplete potato digger (hey, I was going to make one of those!).

And the waste paper basket from room 410.

#Treasure #Homestead #Cleanup #ScrapMetal