Conservation Commission Hosts A Successful 2024 Townwide Clean Up Day

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 10, 2024

Conservation Commission Hosts Successful Townwide Clean Up Day

The Wilton Conservation Commission held another successful Townwide Clean Up Day this past Saturday, April 6, 2024 with approximately 150hard working volunteers who collaborated to collect 1.28 tons of litter(2,560 pounds) along Wilton’s roads and the banks of the Norwalk River.

This year’s success was made possible with help from the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Wilton Kiwanis, the Riverbrook YMCA, Hope Church, Wilton High School, and many dedicated families and neighbors. Volunteers met at the gazebo on Saturday morning where the Conservation Commission handed out garbage bags and work gloves. Volunteers then spread out around town to pick up litter and to help make Wilton a more beautiful place. 

To top off the event, the Commission raffled off gift certificates provided by Wilton Hardware and Wilton Kiwanis. The lucky volunteers won prizes that included gift cards to local businesses. Pinocchio’s Pizza again supported the event by offering free pizza for the participants, a welcome treat after a day of work.

The Conservation Commission would like to thank all of the hard-working volunteers who came out to participate in Townwide Clean Up Day! The hard work made an incredible impact in cleaning up the town but there is still more work to be done. The Commission is asking residents to take a garbage bag with them on their spring walks and pick up litter in their own neighborhoods. Free garbage bags, litter grabbers and work gloves are available at the Environmental Affairs Department at Wilton Town Hall Annex, 238 Danbury Road, Wilton.