| City living is especially appreciated in the spring, | | | | a great way to utilize the unity created through |
| summer and fall months when everyone enjoys | | | | other events to beautify and enhance the |
| walking to local eateries and sitting on their verandas. | | | | neighborhood. Your block can stand out from the |
| The ice cream truck is an all too familiar sound during | | | | rest of the city due to its cleanliness and well kept |
| the warm weather and is often the congregation | | | | appearance and this is achieved through a block wide |
| sight of neighbors who would otherwise miss each | | | | dumpster rental. |
| other in their various comings and goings. Safe street | | | | A block cleanup starts with other block functions |
| activities are popular in neighborhoods and block | | | | such as a block party which are followed up with |
| captains are those who step up and plan community | | | | flyers and posters announcing the block dumpster |
| events that provide safety and beautification for | | | | day. The block captain can also do a simple door to |
| their block. Some common block activities include: | | | | door collection asking for funds to participate in the |
| neighborhood watch programs, block parties, block | | | | dumpster rental; other ways to raise money for the |
| tree planting or flower planting and cleanup block | | | | cleanup or beautification of the block is through the |
| parties. | | | | sale of water ice or pretzels the week before the |
| Block parties are a popular way to celebrate life in | | | | scheduled cleanup. This type of fundraiser gets the |
| cities across America. This is a way that neighbors | | | | word out there about the upcoming cleanup as well |
| can enjoy getting to know one another and a way | | | | raises the funds needed for the dumpster and other |
| to create a neighborhood attitude in the midst of | | | | items such as shovels and brooms. Cleaning up your |
| duplexes and apartment buildings. Safe streets are | | | | block is so easy with a large dumpster rental. All |
| maintained with a strong neighborhood attitude such | | | | items from paper to mattresses can be thrown into |
| as is seen displayed in a neighborhood watch program | | | | one dumpster. There is no need to bag trash which |
| as well as various block wide activities. Neighborhood | | | | also gets the quickest cleanup possible. Get your |
| block parties are a great way to introduce cleanup | | | | block clean in no time with the community effort of |
| and safety program to neighbors. A cleanup party is | | | | a dumpster block party cleanup. |