Wasilla Community Clean-Up Days 2024: Beautify Wasilla & Win Prizes
Contributed by Tammy Ostrom
Join the City of Wasilla for our Annual Community Clean-up Days. Bring out your family, friends, or co-workers and help make our community a little cleaner and beautiful.
Bag Pick-up: You can pick up 1 bundle of 4 free yellow ALPAR bags from April 29th through May 10th at Wasilla City Hall, Menard Sports Center, or Wasilla Museum between the hours of 8AM and 4PM.
Clean-up: Participate in cleaning up trash alongside the City of Wasilla streets, parks, and public lands from May 6-11th. Families are required to provide their own personal protection and safety gear to pick up trash alongside the city streets, parks, and public lands. Don’t forget to secure your load if needed by tarps, ropes, bungees, nets, and/or straps during transportation to the dumpster. Please do not leave filled bags in the parks or along the roadside.
Drop-off: Drop off filled ALPAR trash bags either on May 10th from 5-7 pm or May 11th from 9 am-4 pm at the dumpster located in Iditapark parking lot next to the basketball courts by Nelson Avenue. The dumpster will be monitored to prevent any household garbage, car parts, appliances, or hazardous materials from getting into the dumpster. DO NOT drop off any unattended bags at the dumpster site. The following items are not allowed in the dumpster: Acids, Pesticides, Disinfectants, Adhesives, Photography Chemicals, Transmission Fluid, Antifreeze, Poisons, Engine Oil, Batteries (NiCad, Lithium, etc.), Printer ink Cartridges, Car Parts, Caustics, Propane Tanks, Resins, Furniture, PCBs (and PCB Ballasts), Brush, Leaves, Stumps, Hazardous Waste, and Tires.
Win: To be eligible for prizes, post a photo of your clean-up efforts (one entry per family) and tag #wasillaparks&recreation on your Facebook page or email your photo to recreation@cityofwasilla.gov with your name & phone number and permission to use the photo. Prizes will be awarded to one company entry and one family-person entry. The winner swill be picked from a random drawing from entries by May 17.