When: May 4, 2024, 9 to 1 2

Green Up Day is coming! Green Up Day is always the first Saturday in May and falls on May 4 this year! Every year a group of Rutland City volunteers of all ages, sizes, and dispositions "celebrates" Green Up Day by picking up along the roadsides in our community and cleaning away the accumulated debris from the past year. Those efforts greatly improve the appearance of our town and neighborhoods and contribute to the overall beauty of the state.

For those not familiar with this annual event, Green Up Day is organized by a state coordinator and local volunteers. Green Up Day is not funded by the State of Vermont but, rather, through private donations and contributions by individual towns. This truly is a local effort, supported by local people. Volunteers walk the routes (usually about an hour or two) and collect roadside debris into plastic bags that are provided. There is no charge for the disposal of the debris, and arrangements for pickup and delivery to the town dump are made.

This year there has been some confusion with the addition of a new event for Green Up Day. There is a sponsored team event cleaning up Route 100 from top to bottom to set a Guinness World record. This separate from our annual local area clean up.

If you would like to help clean up our city, I will be signing up folks for an area zone, passing out bags and gloves, and even water and snacks in front of our City Hall building on Saturday morning, May 4, from 9AM to 11:30AM. Please join us and help keep our charming Rutland City (and Vermont) beautiful.

Thank you,

Desna Jenkins, Outreach Coordinator, Rutland County Solid Waste District
Rutland City Green Up Day Coordinator
802-775-7209

Event Info

Nov 18, 2024, 8 to 8:30 PM

Nov 20, 2024, 6 to 7 PM

Nov 23, 2024, 11 AM to 6 PM