Free lunch for community cleanup volunteers in Merced

MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Merced is hosting a assemblage gathering this Saturday to assistance support the metropolis clean.

The City of Merced says volunteers volition prime up trash astir Applegate Park, Bear Creek, and adjacent downtown alleyways.

After the clean-up, volunteers are invited to bask a escaped noon luncheon arsenic a thank-you for their efforts.

The assemblage cleanup starts Saturday astatine 10 a.m. astatine Merced's Applegate Park Zoo's Rossotti Center connected the country of 25th and R streets. Volunteers are asked to bring enactment gloves, trash bags, and if possible, pickup trucks oregon trailers to assistance with collecting immoderate larger items.