Sunnyside graffiti cleanup group gets solid turnout Saturday
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- Van Bramer participates in an anti-graffiti effort with a Sunnyside group
More than 70 volunteers turned out on Saturday to attend this fall’s graffiti clean up day.
The event, organized by the Sunnyside United Neighborhood Network (SUNN), drew a disparate group of volunteers– from labor union members to the group’s core resident/members. Local councilman Jimmy Van Bramer was also there, paintbrush in hand.
The volunteers met at the Sunnyside Reformed Church on Skillman Ave (48th Street) at 10:00 am where they were greeted with donuts and coffee. The organizers split the volunteers into groups and sent them out with paint cans, brushes and other tools. Each group was assigned a certain district within the northern section of Sunnyside. Their job description was straight forward: find graffiti and paint over it with the appropriate color.
The group holds two main events each year — a spring and fall cleanup. It typically gets a turnout of about 75 volunteers.
I never see them on the southside ;-(
hey Krissi: we’re just a bunch of volunteers with a very large area to clean. So, if you don’t see us in your area, maybe that’s a sign that the folks around you need to wake up and start your own clean up group. just sayin