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Community to come together for cleanup day
Effort under way to expand program
By Mark Johnson
Raytown’s annual Community Cleanup Day, which provides residents the opportunity to dispose of old goods and household debris, will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 30, at the Herndon Career Center West Campus, 10322 E. Missouri Highway 350.
This year’s event, which was formerly known as the annual Household Cleanup Day, will also provide Raytown’s older and disabled residents the opportunity to dispose of their old goods and household debris with assistance from volunteers who will come to their residence.
“We wanted to try and improve on what we had done in the past,” Mayor David Bower said. “With the help of our volunteers we’ll be able to reach out into the community.”
Coordinating the volunteers’ efforts will be the Raytown Emergency Assistance Program (REAP).
REAP Director Al Brown said help would be needed in hauling the goods and debris from the homes of older and disabled residents to the drop-off site.
Brown knows it could be a major undertaking.
“We need at least 60 volunteers,” he said.
The volunteers doing the pickup will be going to homes where a request for assistance has been approved by the Shepherd’s Center of Raytown, which is coordinating that aspect of the effort.
The deadline to ask for assistance is Wednesday, May 21, the city said.
Residents not needing assistance, who will be bringing their own goods and debris to the drop-off site Saturday, May 31, are being asked to cover their loads during transport.
At the drop-off site, residents will pay a fee related to the size of the load, which will go to help offset the costs of the program.
Materials that will not be accepted at the drop-off site, according to the city, include tires mounted on rims, large truck and tractor tires, no hazardous waste or paint and no yard wastes.
Appliances with Freon, where the lines have not been cut, and small tires not on rims will be accepted for a fee.
Raytown Editor Mark Johnson can be reached at 358-6397 or mjohnson@npgco.com.
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This year’s event, which was formerly known as the annual Household Cleanup Day, will also provide Raytown’s older and disabled residents the opportunity to dispose of their old goods and household debris with assistance from volunteers who will come to their residence.
“We wanted to try and improve on what we had done in the past,” Mayor David Bower said. “With the help of our volunteers we’ll be able to reach out into the community.”
Coordinating the volunteers’ efforts will be the Raytown Emergency Assistance Program (REAP).
REAP Director Al Brown said help would be needed in hauling the goods and debris from the homes of older and disabled residents to the drop-off site.
Brown knows it could be a major undertaking.
“We need at least 60 volunteers,” he said.
The volunteers doing the pickup will be going to homes where a request for assistance has been approved by the Shepherd’s Center of Raytown, which is coordinating that aspect of the effort.
The deadline to ask for assistance is Wednesday, May 21, the city said.
Residents not needing assistance, who will be bringing their own goods and debris to the drop-off site Saturday, May 31, are being asked to cover their loads during transport.
At the drop-off site, residents will pay a fee related to the size of the load, which will go to help offset the costs of the program.
Materials that will not be accepted at the drop-off site, according to the city, include tires mounted on rims, large truck and tractor tires, no hazardous waste or paint and no yard wastes.
Appliances with Freon, where the lines have not been cut, and small tires not on rims will be accepted for a fee.
Raytown Editor Mark Johnson can be reached at 358-6397 or mjohnson@npgco.com.