Allegheny CleanWays is committed to cleaning up the environment… for everyone
Going only where we’re invited, our crew is making an impact not only on greenspaces and watersheds, but also on the feeling of well-being for communities. We can only make that difference with your support.
Consider a donation to further equity, justice and respect for everyone in their environment.
Consider a donation to further equity, justice and respect for everyone in their environment.
Tammy MoranteTammy has been volunteering with ACW for 10 years. “The rivers and picking up trash are in my heart”, she says. She came to ACW after seeing an article in the newspaper about our work. Immediately she knew it was for her. “I come home dirty, but feel so good! I fit in with ACW.”
In addition to volunteering with our water-based program, The Tireless Project, Tammy picks up litter in her Penn Hills neighborhood, even recruiting her 9-year-old grandson to help. “He’s proud that his grandma picks up litter!” They grab some buckets and go into the woods behind her townhouse to clean it up, making everyone who lives there feel better about the view out their window and to feel pride in their community. |
Julia KempFive days a week, Julia gets on her tractor from her urban farm in East Hills and picks up trash around her neighborhood. No one has asked her to do this but she’s dedicated to making her environment beautiful. “We’ll be driving and have to stop to pick up litter Julia spots on the road!”, says her sister, T.
Allegheny CleanWays applauds neighborhood stewards like Julia (and T!) and helps out by conducting group cleanups in her area whenever we can. She also keeps track of an illegal dumpsite down the street. Even though the City of Pittsburgh proactively put surveillance cameras there, they haven’t caught the perpetrator yet. Julia has spotted the person, though, and puts signs up to dissuade further dumping. “I cleaned up a couch, dead animals, tires and lots of beer cans,” said Julia, about clearing the vacant lot she bought next to her house. Today it’s an amazing urban farm with gardens, ponds, goats, sheep, llamas, chickens and five dogs. Check out her work on September 23 during the Urban Garden Tour. |
Rick DuncanWhen Rick moved to Pittsburgh, he wanted to take his runs along the river just like he had in Oregon. He couldn’t figure out how to get near the water, though. He asked around and found out there weren’t any trails along the rivers in the city, so he began to volunteer to change that.
During that time he found Allegheny CleanWays, an organization that was helping to clean up the riverbanks so that trail could be made. “I found a group of people who not only cared about the environment, but did something about it,” says Rick. That was around 2000, and Rick has been volunteering with ACW ever since. Our crew has pitched in to help clean up Sycamore Island, where Rick is a Steward for Allegheny Land Trust. We’ve also removed hundreds of tires (with many more to go!) from a dumpsite near his home in Penn Hills. “If you can’t come out to volunteer but you’d like to help, then you should donate so someone else can,” said Rick, when asked what he would tell someone about ACW. |
Additional Ways to Support
- Text cleanways to 412-844-4837
- Mail a check to 100 Hafner Avenue, Suite 1111, Etna, PA 15223
- Scan the QR code below
Clean Earth & Water for All!
Consider supporting our litter and illegal dumping cleanup work now with a donation.