Since 2000, the Manchester Urban Ponds Restoration Program (Program) has coordinated 120 volunteer cleanups at Manchester's urban ponds. Other groups have coordinated 14 additional cleanups at the urban ponds / or have been assisted by the Program in doing so. Thus, a total of 134 volunteer cleanups have occurred at Manchester's urban ponds.
Over the past 25 seasons of cleanups, 1,390 volunteers have spent approximately 4,327 hours collecting 2,893 bags of trash! This does not include the items illegally “dumped” such as shopping carts (117), tires (464), car batteries, other car parts, construction debris, and other items. In addition, the value of volunteer time spent at these clean-ups has amounted to over $103,511.00 over these past 25 seasons!
Spring 2025 Pond / Park Cleanups
Saturday April 19, 2025: 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Nutts Pond / Precourt Park (Driving Park Road)
Meet at kiosk. Ward 9
Saturday April 26, 2025: 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Black Brook / Blodget Park (Front Street and Dunbarton Road).
Meet in parking lot. Ward 12
Saturday May 3, 2025: 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Stevens Pond / Park OR Wolfe Park / McQuesten Brook
TBD. Check back closer to date!
Cleanups will be held rain or shine. Please dress appropriately for weather and wear rubber knee-boots if possible. Latex gloves and plastic trash bags will be provided. Find the “Most Interesting or Unusual Piece of Trash” and win an award! Just bring yourself, a friend, and a sense of community spirit! We hope you will join us for our 26th consecutive season and help celebrate 25 full years as a program!
Thank you to all volunteers who helped out over the years!