Come out to help Pick Up America break ground on a bottle brick bench at a new community garden in the Historic Five Points District. That’s right — they’re turning non-recyclable waste into a useful community space. If you come out, you’ll also learn some natural building techniques. They could really use the help of some SCA trail builders. Check out the dates below for Denver details. Also, they’re gonna be traversing the Rockies as part of our trashy trek across the country, so give Jeff a call if you live in Colorado and want to get involved.
Saturday, June 23, 12pm – Five Points Peace On Earthbench groundbreaking. Come help us build the foundation for a bottle brick bench (a bench that utilizes litter and natural building techniques to create useful, artistic, community space. For more details and to RSVP, click here. If you don’t use Facebook, just call/email Jeff: 301-523-1257 or [email protected].
Saturday, June 30, 1-4pm – Pick Up Denver. Come pick-up litter with the Pick Up Artists! Meet at Auraria Higher Education Center’s Juniper Lot, located at the Colfax Ave side of the campus. For more details and to RSVP, click here. If you don’t use Facebook, just call/email Jeff: 301-523-1257 or [email protected].
Sunday, July 1, 1-4pm – Pick Up Boulder. Come pick-up litter with the Pick Up Artists! Meet at the East Boulder Recreation Center, 5660 Sioux Road. For more details and to RSVP, click here. If you don’t use Facebook, just call/email Jeff: 301-523-1257 or [email protected].
Tuesday, July 3, 11am – 2pm. Volunteer Cobbing Party. The litter from the weekend cleanups will be combined with natural building materials to create Denver’s first “Peace on Earth Bench”, which the group plans to complete in partnership with local community groups in Five Points by Mid-July. Join Pick Up America at the Volunteer Cobbing Party and help cover the plastic bottle foundation of the bench with cob (a mud/sand/straw mixture). Like the litter pickups, the event is family-friendly, free, and open to the public. Volunteers should bring water, snacks, sunscreen, hat and/or glasses. The Volunteer Day will take place at The Breakground Garden, located at the corner of Curtis and Downing Streets in Historic Five Points, Denver. Just call/email Jeff: 301-523-1257 or [email protected].
Friday, July 6, 6pm – First Friday’s Art Walk: Pick Up America Dance Performance in Denver – Join veteran Pick Up Artist Kelly Klein and some of the current PUA crew in an interpretive dance performance about waste in society. If you’d like to perform with us, get in touch soon. Kelly will be choreographing with some awesome folks. Here’s your chance to combine dance with conservation! For more details and to RSVP, click here. If you don’t use Facebook, just call/email Jeff: 301-523-1257 or [email protected].