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Take Pride in
Riverside
Take pride in Riverside and show your commitment to service by participating in the Adopt-A-Street program! What is Adopt-A-Street? Adopt-A-Street is a partnership between Keep Riverside Clean & Beautiful and the City of Riverside's Public Works Department to enhance the beauty and quality of life in our community through volunteer service. The Adopt-A-Street program offers individuals, groups, organizations and businesses the opportunity to take pride and ownership in our beautiful city by cleaning a one mile stretch of roadway every other month for an entire year. You may clean your adopted area yourself or you may wish to sponsor the area for one year for $500. There are currently 139 adopted streets in Riverside, and MANY more areas available for adoption.
This month, Keep Riverside Clean and Beautiful is featuring a special organization involved in the Adopt-A-Street program: Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity of University of California, Riverside. The group decided to Adopt-A-Street in February 2008, and has been especially motivated in the upkeep of their territory, which is located on West Blaine Street, from Watkins Drive to Mt. Vernon Ave. Dedicated to providing a helping-hand in our community, the brothers of Phi Kappa Sigma have been diligently cleaning their street, sending in their “Report Cards” to show what hard work they do, and giving us pictures to share in their story! Below, you will find commentary from Michael Perey, speaking on behalf of the Phi Kappa Sigma brothers of the UCR chapter… an encouraging viewpoint from someone who is out in Riverside working for our community. “The Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity, founded in 1850, has always been an organization who likes to give back to the community. With that said, we believe that adopting a street was the perfect way to give back to the community, especially Riverside, while also helping out the environment. We also felt that by adopting a street, we will be promoting cleanliness and the mentality to live in a clean environment. In addition to building good relations with KRCB, we are also trying to build good relations with other organizations like CALPIRG and commence other community events like the Hunger Cleanup. By adopting a street, planting trees, helping the homeless, and much more, we believe in inspiring other organizations too, not only in Riverside, but worldwide to give back to their communities. By doing so, we will live in a much cleaner and safer environment.” - Michael Perey, Phi Kappa Sigma |
