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Volunteers showed up in force for a Revitalize Dublin workday project to aid a neighbor living on Camden Street with tree trimming and clean up. Paul Gaudette | Citizen staff photo -
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At top, a banner is hung at a home on South Camden as community volunteers joined with Revitalize Dublin Saturday, April 13 to clean up a property for Teri, a longtime Dublin resident. About 30 volunteers showed up and finished the cleanup in a little over three hours. Paul Gaudette | Citizen staff photo -
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Paul Gaudette | Citizen staff photos Above, City Manager Bobby Mendez shreds limbs being brought to the front yard as Down to Earth Tree Removal (below) cut down overgrown limbs for the volunteers to carry. Right, volunteers also loaded up debris and scrap metal in trailers on site (with a dumpster provided by Joe Borges). -
Revitalize Dublin project helps neighbor
Around 30 volunteers gathered Saturday, April 13 at a home on South Camden for the first Revitalize Dublin workday of 2024.
The project was to help Teri, a resident who moved to Dublin 34 years ago with her husband and two young sons so he could work as a milk truck driver.
As they raised their children in Dublin, the acre property was a point of pride for Teri’s husband. After he passed six years ago, she was unable to keep it properly maintained so volunteers showed up to mow, weed eat, remove scrap metal and deal with overgrown trees and fallen limbs.
“I know my husband would be very happy,” said Teri.
Revitalize Dublin’s Lori Beggs reported that the volunteers were able to finish the cleanup in a little over three hours thanks in part to Down to Earth Tree Removal and City Manager Bobby Mendez who drove in and operated a wood chipper to shred the limbs being removed and carried by volunteers to the front yard.
Ages of volunteers ranged from small children carrying sticks and branches to adults all the way to seniors finding a task and getting to work.
“Thank you to everyone who came out,” Beggs said. “I’m so very proud of the community and for what you do for your neighbors.”
Revitalize Dublin was recently accepted as a 501(c)3 nonprofit for anyone who would like to make a tax-deductible donation to its efforts of making for a cleaner and more inviting Dublin.
The organization will have its first major fundraiser Saturday, April 27 at Backwoods. The event will feature live music by 90s cover band One Headlight, a silent auction, food and beer and Mr. Legg sexiest legs contest.
The doors will open at 3 p.m. Music starts at 7 p. m.