Duluth – On January 23, dozens of volunteers from all over Gwinnett County will gather together at Bethesda Park in Lawrenceville for the 30th installment of the largest Christmas “treecycling” event in the State: Bring One for the Chipper 2016. Throughout the morning, volunteers will help chip live Christmas trees into mulch. This mulch will one day line the grounds of local playgrounds, beautify the beds around city halls, mark walking trails in area parks, and so much more.
Prior to the Bring One for the Chipper event, area residents have up until January 16, 2016 to drop off their live Christmas trees – which must be free of decorations, lights and stands – to the following locations for “treecycling”:
Buford: Fire Station #14, 1600 Highway 23, 30518
Fire Station #24, 2735 Mall of GA Blvd., 30519
Fire Station #29, 2800 Thompson Mill Rd., 30519
Dacula: Fire Station #17, 2739 Brooks Rd., 30019
Fire Station #27, 2825 Old Fountain Rd., 30019
Duluth: Fire Station #5, 3001 Old Norcross Rd., 30096
Fire Station #7, 3343 Bunton Rd., 30096
Fire Station #19, 3275 N. Berkeley Lake Rd., 30096
Grayson: Fire Station #8, 2295 Brannan Rd., 30017
Hoschton: Fire Station #18, 1515 Mineral Springs Rd., 30548
Lawrenceville: Fire Station #9, 1900 Five Forks-Trickum Rd., 30044
Fire Station #15, 275 S. Perry St., 30046
Fire Station #20, 1801 Cruse Rd., 30044
Fire Station #25, 3575 Lawrenceville Hwy., 30044
Lilburn: Fire Station #2, 12 Harmony Grove Rd., 30047
Fire Station #3, 4394 Five Forks-Trickum Rd., 30047
Fire Station #22, 2180 Stone Dr., 30047
Loganville: Fire Station #28, 3725 Rosebud Rd, 30052
Fire Station #30, 1052 Ozora Rd., 30052
Norcross: Fire Station #1, 165 Lawrenceville St., 30071
Fire Station #11, 5885 Live Oak Pkwy., 30093
Fire Station #23, 4355 Steve Reynolds Blvd., 30093
Peachtree Corners:Fire Station #4, 5550 Spalding Drive, 30092
Snellville: Fire Station #6, 3890 Johnson Dr., 30039
Fire Station #12, 2815 Lenora Church Rd., 30078
Sugar Hill: Fire Station #26, 6075 Suwanee Dam Rd., 30518
Suwanee: Fire Station #21, 474 Old Peachtree Rd., 30024
On the day of the January 23 event, Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful recommends that volunteers wear work gloves, long pants, thick-soled, closed toes shoes and comfortable clothing and shoes that they won’t mind getting dirty. Volunteers for Bring One for the Chipper must be 14 or older to participate in this service project. In addition to individual volunteers, local businesses, civic groups, school clubs, neighborhood associations and church groups are also welcome. Every volunteer must read, sign and bring the Volunteer Release Form to the event. Volunteer Release Forms are available at www.gwinnettcb.org.
About Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful: Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful Services, Inc. (GCB) is a Keep America Beautiful affiliate and award-winning 501(c)(3) charitable organization. It boasts an expansive community-based network dedicated to finding long-term solutions to environmental and quality of life issues through individual action. The organization is guided by a 55-member Citizens Advisory Board that represents all sectors of the Gwinnett County community. A nationally recognized leader in creating cleaner, greener and more livable communities throughout Gwinnett, GCB involves more than 100,000 volunteers annually to clean and restore public places, recycle more, protect watersheds and develop the next generation of environmental stewards. To learn more about Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful, please visit www.GwinnettCB.org.
