Woonsocket Radio News Room

 

57 Days til The Biggest Clean-Up/Green-Up Revival in 50 Years

SATURDAY AUGUST 27, 2022

Join & Be Counted - One Day -- One Movement

With Your Help We Will Reach

10,000 + VOLUNTEERS AGAIN
 

CLEAN-UP PROJECTS

GREEN-UP PROJECTS

 

 

Thank you for volunteering with ZAP 50

Now it's time to start building our teams and choose your project site.

 

Below are some sites we have identified that need volunteers. By signing up ahead of time for a specific site, we can spread out all our volunteers' efforts to accomplish the biggest amount in one day.

 

Grab your family, friends, co-workers and get everyone involved to ZAP: Zero Away Pollution in our communities.

 

PROJECT SITE LISTING

this listing will continue to be updated as more locations are identified

 

Volunteers:

#1 -- Consider adopting one of the spots on the list.

 

As you will see, some projects are being managed by a group or individual seeking volunteers. Sign up directly on their link if applicable. Their organizer will keep in touch with you directly.

 

Otherwise, adopt any sites that are currently open. Just let us know which site by filling out the form below.

 
 

Adopting a Site on the List
 
 

#2 -- Do you have another location in mind? Add a spot you see that is in need. We do not know all the needed areas, so just let us know and we will put you down as taking care of that spot.
 

Adopting A New Site In Need
 
 

#3 -- Have a few questions or comments? Send over an email and/or phone number so we can answer them for you.
 

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 
 

SAVE THESE DATES

 

Clean-Up & Green-Up Day - August 27, 2022

Two state (RI & MA) watershed- wide day to help our environment. We are

CLEANING - removing litter & debris left anywhere we see in our community, & GREENING - beautifying and improving areas for all to enjoy.

 

 

Celebration Event on September 10, 2022

Old Slater Mill National Historic Landmark

Celebrate the work that has been done over the last 50 years, and reinvigorate the environmental movement of the 1970's.
 
 

Volunteer
 

Join the growing list of those who committed on August 27th:

We want you to join us!!

UNIBank, GZA GeoEnvironmental, RI Canoe & Kayak Assoc., Atrium on Main, The Empowerment Factory, RI Monthly, Blackstone Valley RVT High School & Save the Bay are just a few.

 

Sponsor
 

A few of our wonderful sponsors that support efforts

to improve our environment.

Cadillac Mills, Restored Waters RI, Dunkin Dan's Management Co., DELL, RI DEM, Washington Trust & Schnitzer Steel.

 
 

ZAP the Blackstone 50th Revival

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

401-724-2200

website: ZaptheBlackstone.com

 

 

More pro-Palestinian protests are breaking out on U.S. campuses. Texas state troopers on horseback are at the University of Texas at Austin campus today as the "Palestine Solidarity Committee" says it wants to establish a foot hole at the UT Austin campus. The school says the protesters will not be allowed to set up any camps. Meanwhile, police are trying to break up a similar tent protest at the University of Southern California.        Arizona's House of Representatives has voted to repeal a Civil War-era abortion law. State Democrats successfully pushed through a bill that repeals the 1864 that banned nearly all abortions. The bill now heads to the state Senate where it is expected to be passed early next month.       President Biden met with a four-year-old American girl who was held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters Biden met today with Abigail Edan at the White House. She was captured during the October attack on Israel and later released last November as part of a hostage deal.        The U.S. is providing Ukraine with powerful long-range ballistic missiles known as ATACMS [[ attack-ems ]]. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan revealed to reporters the administration quietly shipped long-range missiles to Kyiv last month, and more will be included in the new military assistant package just signed into law. Ukrainian forces reportedly used the weapons to strike an airfield in Crimea and Russian troops in southeastern Ukraine.        Airlines will soon have to give refunds for canceled and excessively delayed flights. The Department of Transportation announced the rollout of the new rules Wednesday that call for automatic cash refunds if a flight is canceled or delayed for more than three hours or six hours for international flights. Refunds of checked bag fees will also be required if a passenger's luggage is lost and not returned within 12 hours.        The NHL's Stanley Cup Playoffs features three games tonight. In the East, the Boston Bruins will head to Toronto to take on the Maple Leafs for game three. In the Western Conference, the Vegas Golden Knights will face off against the Stars in Dallas for game two of their series. , the Los Angeles Kings will play the Oilers in Edmonton in game two. The Oilers lead that series one game to nothing.       

Old News Archives