Fifth Annual Clean-up Day in Culmore - Culmore Clean-up 2007

Each year more people have been joining this annual event held in the Culmore/Bailey’s Crossroads area. This year more than 200 volunteers from diverse community groups and residential units fanned out over the Culmore area on May 12th between 9 a.m. and noon to tidy up the neighborhoods around Bailey’s Crossroads. They gathered at the Woodrow Wilson Library, 6101 Knollwood Drive, for their clean-up supplies and refreshments supplied by Starbucks. Then, wearing this year’s t-shirt and gloves and carrying trash bags, they cleaned up trash and litter all over the neighborhoods in the Culmore/Bailey;s Crossroads area. People of all ages and our area’s diverse cultures came together to make the neighborhood shine and they fostered a sense of pride and community solidarity. After cleanup, they gathered back at the library for Pizza supplied by Papa John’s Pizza, Pizza Hut and Stone Hot Pizza.

This annual event was organized by Alternative House, Bailey’s Beautification Alliance, Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board, Culmore Family Resource Center, Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center, Office of Mason District Supervisor Penny Gross, and the Woodrow Wilson Library.
Sponsors included Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center, Rotary Club of Bailey’s Crossroads, Starbucks, and Security One Bank.
Supporters included Bailey's Beautification Alliance, Bailey's Crossroads Revitalization Corporation, BB&T Bank, Clean Fairfax Council, Fairfax County Department of Transportation, Fairfax County Solid Waste Collection and Recycling Division, Harris Teeter, Home Depot, Lake Barcroft Woman’s Club, Mayra's Beauty Salon, Mount of Olives Shopping Center, My Bakery & Café, Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District, Papa John's Pizza, Pizza Hut, Pollo Campero, Safeway, Stone Hot Pizza, Trader Joe's, Wachovia Bank, and Woodrow Wilson Friends.
Several businesses donated refreshments, door prizes and clean-up materials.

The teams of volunteers included the Girl Scouts, Hispanics Against Child Abuse and Neglect (Morning Star Program), Tenants and Workers United, and Day Laborers, Culmore Resource Center, The Alternative House, Bailey’s Elementary School, J.E.B. Stuart’s Interact Club and the Rotary Club of Bailey’s Crossroads as well as concerned individuals from the community.