July 2017
Clean-up day the best ever MORE than 50 schools, community groups, businesses and volunteers were involved in the fifth International Clean Up Mansfield Day — the biggest and best yet.
There were litter picks galore; benches, street furniture and a park pavilion were given a lick of paint and chewing gum removed; bulbs were planted; and green spaces across the district and beyond were given a tidy-up. Mansfield Woodhouse schools and community groups were among those taking part. The annual Mansfield District Council project brings together the 40 Mansfields from across the globe together to try to make them the cleanest towns in the world. Communities in Mansfield, Texas; Mansfield, Pennsylvania; Mansfield, Minnesota; and Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA; as well as Mansfield in Victoria, Australia, joined in. Closer to home, students from Vision West Nottinghamshire College took part and several primary schools held litter picks and planting events, including Wynndale, Crescent, Asquith, King Edward, Sutton Road, Oak Tree, Berry Hill, Mansfield; Farmilo Primary and Nursery, Pleasley; Holly, Forest Town; St Edmund’s C of E, Mansfield Woodhouse; and Eastlands, Meden Vale. Among the Mansfield businesses that
PUPILS at St Edmund’s Primary School, Mansfield Woodhouse, on their litter pick. got involved, supported by Mansfield BID, were Marks & Spencer, Boots, McDonald’s, Swinton Insurance, Ian Williams property (Continued on page 5)
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