Volunteers sweep Baldwin streets

Sanitary District No. 2 hosts Big Sweep

Posted Wednesday, May 28, 2014 12:00 pm

Desirae Merchant-Allan ,14, left, and Taylor Youngwells ,13, swept their way down Grand Avenue.

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Gil Lozado, left, Pastor Scott Solimina and Fiona Allain, members of the South Nassau Christian Church, helped clean up Baldwin over the weekend. They brought their shovels, bags and smiles to help get the job done.

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Joel Press and his daughters Elina, 12, and Malaya, 14, swept together at the Long Island Rail Road station in Baldwin.

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Karyn Reid and her son Avery swept and cleaned up debris on Grand Avenue, in preparation for the Memorial Day Parade the following weekend.

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t’s a Clean Sweep in Baldwin. Members of several organizations in Baldwin and the Town of Hempstead came out on May 17 for Sanitary District No. 2’s Big Sweep 2014.

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Members of the community turned out in big numbers over the weekend to do their part in sprucing Baldwin up during Sanitary District No. 2’s annual Big Sweep event.

Volunteers brought their own brooms and met early on May 17 to get to work. After poor weather the previous day, community members got a picture-perfect day to clean the neighborhood with brooms and shovels.

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Volunteers sweep Baldwin streets

Sanitary District No. 2 hosts Big Sweep

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