[E-updates] A call for volunteers to make winter walkways safe

[Lisa Patterson]

MEDIA RELEASE

CITY OF LAWRENCE

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Thursday, November 17, 2005

 

Contact: Margaret Perkins-McGuinness or Erin Urich, Roger Hill Volunteer Center, 865-5030

 

A call for volunteers to make winter walkways safe

 

(Lawrence, KS) - Able bodied Lawrence residents with a flare for helping others and an enjoyment of winter weather are needed to volunteer for the "Safe Winter Walkways" program.  To create safer and more accessible pedestrian walkways, the City of Lawrence and the Roger Hill Volunteer Center are kicking off the second season of the Safe Winter Walkways program.  The program will match folks needing assistance with snow removal with volunteers who want to do a neighborly good deed.

Registration now will allow volunteers to be assigned a match before the next snow event of the season.  Volunteers will be asked to commit to the winter season and visit his or her matched home each time snow falls.  

"Since we live in an area that only experiences occasional snow fall, it is can be tough to keep snow removal in the forefront of the community's mind.  However, each time the sidewalks become covered, pedestrian travel is impeded," said Mike Wildgen, city manager.  "There is a tradition of neighbors helping neighbors in our community.  In the second season of this program, we want to make certain that people can continue to count on a volunteer to be there if snow needs to be removed." 

Volunteers can sign up by calling 832-3338 or registering on-line at  <http://www.lawrenceks.org/> www.lawrenceks.org.

 

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Lisa K. Patterson

Communications Manager

City of Lawrence

PO Box 708

Lawrence, KS 66044

(785) 832-3406

fax (785) 832-3405

lpatterson at ci.lawrence.ks.us

http://www.lawrenceks.org

 

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