About 75 International WeLoveU Foundation volunteers from Maryland and the Philadelphia area on Sunday teamed up with state Rep. Jared Solomon to clean up Max Myers Recreation Center and streets throughout the 202nd Legislative District.
Volunteers removed 78 bags of litter and debris, along with individual items such as a car bumper, tire, skateboard, orange traffic cone and a two-by-four. The cleanups took place from McKinley Street to Cottman Avenue, in areas of the 2nd and 15th police districts.
“Souder Street, you can eat off today,” Solomon said.
Solomon believes that cleaner neighborhoods are safer neighborhoods. He pointed to the work of the “WeLoveU Warriors” in the summer of 2022 to create WeLoveU Park at Cranford, Loretto and Magee avenues. Since then, there has been a decrease in crime in that area.
In addition to the new park and street cleanups, Solomon and WeLoveU have partnered since 2017 on initiatives such as snow removal, delivery of care packages to the elderly and cleanups on Castor Avenue and at Tarken Recreation Center and Northeast High School.
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