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Paint Your Heart Out, Clearwater
Seeks Homes to Paint, Volunteers to
Paint Homes and Donations
Paint Your Heart Out, Clearwater is seeking homes to
paint, volunteer painters and donations for this year’s
initiative to paint the homes of disadvantaged homeowners
and the elderly in Clearwater. Low- to moderate-income
homeowners can apply to determine if they qualify.
The organization is seeking individual volunteers,
team volunteers, monetary support and sponsors to
assist in this year’s event set for March 24. For more
information, email Paint Your Heart Out, Clearwater at
PYHOCpaintmyhouse@gmail.com or call 562-4664.
Keep Clearwater Bright & Beautiful
We all want to have – and to be – good neighbors. Residents
should try to keep their properties neat and clean. Cleaning
a driveway, a yard, patio or street gutters of dead leaves can
make an enormous impact on how a neighborhood looks
to others. When manicuring your lawn, be sure to properly
dispose of grass clippings, leaves and other vegetative debris.
Because water runs off of yards, it is important to reduce
the amount of pollutants on properties. Trash, debris and
pollutants in yards – such as fertilizers, pesticides and
herbicides – can wash into the stormwater system, polluting
the environment and causing blockages in storm pipes. To
learn more, call the Engineering Department at 562-4750 or
visit myclearwater.com/stormwater.
Recycle Unwanted Electronics
Don’t know what to do with your old TV? Bring it to the
city of Clearwater’s Monthly Electronics Collection Day.
Collections are made the last Wednesday of every month
from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Clearwater recycling drop-off
center, 1701 N. Hercules Ave. Clearwater residents with
proof of residency (a utility bill) may dispose of unwanted
electronics for free. Hazardous electronics
accepted include TVs,
monitors, laptops, power
supplies, CPUs, cell
phones and other devices
with rechargeable batteries.
For more information, call
562-4933.
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Neighborhoods Day
Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 14, for Clearwater
Celebrates Neighborhoods Day. Each year, councilmembers,
the city's Senior Executive Team and city staff visit about
30 neighborhood block parties to meet with residents
on their turf. If you’d like to host a block party in your
neighborhood, contact neighborhoods coordinator
Lawrence Young at 562-4559, or visit myclearwater.com/
neighborhood.
Volunteers Needed for 2018
Point-in-Time Count
The Pinellas County Homeless Leadership Board and
its partners, which include the city of Clearwater, need
volunteers to participate in the Homeless Point-in-Time
Count and Survey set for Jan. 25. The count helps local
agencies track the extent of homelessness in the community
and helps determine programs that are needed to assist the
local homeless population. To volunteer, call 582-7916 or
register at pinellashomeless.org/pitvolunteer.
Morningside Recreation Center
Construction of the new Morningside Recreation
Center is under way and is moving along on
schedule. The new facility will be more than
20,000 square feet and will include a
gymnasium, fitness room and multipurpose
room. There will also be a natural gas air
conditioning system installed to help lower
energy costs. The center is expected to
open in Summer 2018.