COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP 

With equipment supplied through the City of Vancouver’s Neighbourhood Cleanup Party campaign, teams of volunteers target areas recorded or reported for ongoing littering. Clean-ups are performed year round in all weather conditions with the reward of a shared meal afterward to collect statistics and exchange observations. By concentrating clean-up efforts in areas identified by residents, volunteer patrols, and discarded needle mapping, the GWCPC has helped demonstrate environmental improvement by increasing residents' sense of safety with less litter present between visits and reduced numbers of needles. Clean-ups are scheduled as a group activity on the first weekend of each month. Clean-ups have a huge impact on our local neighbourhoods. Removing litter not only makes the neighbourhood cleaner, it also makes it safer. Research has shown that systematic removal of garbage can greatly reduce crime, vandalism, and mischief.