Adopt-A-Road
Second Shift NEEDS You!
We need more volunteers for the 11am-1pm clean up shift this Saturday. We want to make sure we fulfill our responsibility of cleaning this entire stretch and of course “many hands make light work” .
Shift 1 is FULL but we only have 6 people signed up for Shift 2
Date: Saturday April 26th
Time: Shift 1 9am-11am (Full)/ Shift 2 11am-1pm
**Gloves, Safety Vests & bags provided
4074 Hessen Strasse. John B Martin’s farm
Folks Saturday looks like good weather for the cleanup - much balmier than last year when @JimDaley was hiding out in the ditch!! We are a few people short for the 11 am shift, so come out and do a little good for the community and enjoy some chili and treats!!
Just signed up for the second shift. Weather is looking much better than several of the past years.
Also just signed up for the second shift.
We could use a few more volunteers for this Saturday’s Adopt-A-Road clean up 2nd Shift!
Sign up sheet can be found above in this thread.
Now for some inspiring words from ChatGPT:
Ode to the Riders Who Pick Up the Trash 
Oh cyclists brave, with calves of steel,
Who conquer hills with zeal and wheel,
This call is not for sprints or speed—
But for a very different need!
The ditches near our favourite roads
Are full of someone else’s loads.
There’s bottles, bags, and mystery goo…
(Not ours, of course—we’re a classy crew!)
But as we ride with wind-blown grace,
Let’s care for every roadside place.
For every can we choose to nab,
We trade in trash for club-wide fab.
It’s not quite Lycra runway glam,
But gloves and garbage bags—yes ma’am!
With every wrapper we retrieve,
The planet breathes a sweet reprieve.
And picture this: a cleaner view,
No junk to dodge or swerve into.
The roads we love, all neat and bright—
It starts with us—let’s do it right!
So join the squad, come lend a hand,
We’ll clean the roads, restore the land.
Then maybe snacks… or coffee, too?
(We’re cyclists—what else would we do?)
So clip in, suit up, don’t delay,
Let’s tidy up our Tour de Yay!
Because true legends, we have learned,
Are made where rubber meets… the earth we’ve earned. 
A couple of photos of the day. I’ll leave leave the photo of Andrew with the packaging untitled 
Bit windy and not too cold with some great catering as per usual.
Many thanks to the twenty-one people who came out and cleared 47 bags of trash from Hessen Strasse this morning!! Thanks also to @Bopper Kevin Scheerer and @bdoberst Brent Doberstein who provided soup and pulled pork and everyone who donated or brought treats - we had a table full of goodies!!
Thanks everyone-
Scott
PS. If you have photos, please add them here
