KEEPING PINELLAS TRAIL CLEAN
Adopt-A-Mile Program
(L-R) Charlene Jasmin and Leah Hoffman take a momentary break next to our trail sign.
In 2013 a new opportunity opened to the community…the Pinellas Trail went up for adoption! The Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail is a 38 plus mile linear park and recreation trail currently extending from St. Petersburg to Tarpon Springs. The Trail, created along an abandoned railroad corridor, provides a unique, protected greenspace for walking, jogging, skating, and biking.
The Pinellas Trail Adopt-A-Mile program is a cooperative partnership between the public/private sector and Pinellas County. Program participants agree to perform cleanups every other month to remove litter and debris over a one-mile segment. Keep Pinellas Beautiful provides trash bags, gloves and report forms at no cost, and volunteers are also provided general liability insurance coverage. Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail adoptions greatly enhance the appearance of the trail and go a long way toward reducing the debris entering our waterways and polluting the natural habitats of our native wildlife.
Initially the Kiwanis Club of Seminole Breakfast adopted a mile that ran from Taylor Park to just south of Ulmerton Road in Largo. In February 2015 we changed our adopted mile to segment 13 in Seminole (look for our two yellow Adopt-A-Mile signs). On this mile alone our club has thus far picked up 494 lbs. of trash!
Get Involved
Our approximately 1 hour clean-up takes place on the “even” months (Feb., April, June, August, Oct., and Dec.) on a Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. between Seminole City Park and Blossom Lake Park.
Please join us or wave as you ride or walk by! We’ll be wearing our orange Kiwanis caps.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS PROGRAM,
CONTACT KIWANIAN CHARLENE JASMIN AT (727) 434-3317.
