Wakefield Groups Host Town Common, Galvin Field Cleanup Friday

WAKEFIELD, MA — Wakefield community members will have a chance to help clean up local public facilities while benefiting veterans causes on Friday via the Wakefield Youth Council and a series of other organizing groups.

A community cleanup is scheduled on Friday at 2 p.m. at both the Town Common and the fields and courts on the grounds of Wakefield's Galvin Middle School.

The Youth Council, which is helping lead these cleanups, promoted plans on Tuesday. Organizers said $2 will be donated to the Wakefield Veterans Relief Fund for every pound of trash collected.

All ages are welcome at planned cleanups this week, as noted in the Youth Council’s event announcement. Gloves and bags are available to those who need them.

The Youth Council has support in its cleanup plans from cosponsors including the Wakefield Youth Action Team, the Warrior Clean Up Crew and Interact/Social Awareness.

The cleanups at the Town Common and Galvin Middle School are expected to run for roughly one hour until 3 p.m. on Friday.

These events will follow a full slate of morning Veterans Day programming in Wakefield beginning at 9 a.m. on Friday at Veterans Field and continuing at 11 a.m. inside Galvin Middle School with a keynote address.

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