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Rillito River Walk Clean-up
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Sonoran Sunrise Grove, ADF, in conjunction with Tucson Clean &
Beautiful, is responsible for caring for the Rillito River Park area
between Ls Caņada and La Cholla roads. This is a real privilege because
this particular area houses the Tucson Sun Circle, an "archeo-astronomical
monument" which tracks the sun as it moves across the Tucson basin
during the year (see photo at bottom of page).
We do the clean-up on once a month on
Sunday mornings. We meet at the Rillito River Walk on River Road at the
parking lot between La Caņada and La Cholla at 7am.
The clean-up is an excellent community
service project providing immediate gratification in the form of
appreciated park-goers and bicyclists.
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On Sunday, May 16, 2004, Tucson
Clean and Beautiful held a signing ceremony with the Grove at
the Sun Circle on the section of the Rillito River Walk that we
keep clean. Attending were B.J. Cordova, Coordinator of the
Tucson Clean & Beautiful Adopt-A-Park program; Supervisor Sharon
Bronson, Pima County Board of Supervisors - District 3 and
Sharrie Barfield, Pima County Department of Natural Resources,
Parks & Recreation. Also attending were numerous members of the
Grove, led by the current Senior Druid David Foster (Gannd).
After the signing ceremony,
Julian Greene led us in a short ritual honoring the Earth Mother
and the Nature Spirits.
As for the actual clean-up days,
"I really enjoy the walk," says David Foster (Gannd). "It's
great exercise and great fellowship. And the work isn't hard,
more like a pleasant walk. We meet early in the morning, though,
to avoid the heat of the day."
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you can't come often, we want to create a rotation schedule for
those who want to participate periodically, so we know who and
how many we can count on on any given detail. With 35 members in
the Grove, members would only have to take a turn once every
three months or so. The generosity of participants has left us
with gloves, hats and sunblock, as well as all the necessary
cleaning supplies, so just bring yourself! |
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Gannd, Sherri Barfield, B.J. Cordova, Julian Greene and
Sharon Bronson at the Signing Ceremony
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Gordon, Josh, Kimberly, Mark, Julian, Gannd and Kirk pose in
front of our sign.
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The Tucson Sun Circle
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