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Happenings in the Keweenaw Peninsula May 5, 2002 Press Release © 2002 Craig Waddell, MTU Humanities Department Photo © 2002 Michele Anderson for Keweenaw Now

Volunteers to clean up MTU's Princess Point and hillside May 6

HOUGHTON -- The Fourth Annual Princess Point and Hillside Clean-Up is scheduled to take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, May 6. A rain date is scheduled for the same time on Wednesday, May 8. Volunteers will clean the area between Cliff Drive (along the Portage side of Michigan Tech) and Portage Lake from the Minerals and Materials Engineering Building south to the end of lot 10 (the unpaved lot at the south end of campus) and from there just the Waterfront Path south to Isle Royale Sands.

Volunteers will clean up litter like this along the Princess Point waterfront path near the Michigan Tech campus from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, May 6. In case of rain the clean-up will take place at the same time on Wednesday, May 8. (File photo by Michele Anderson)

Michigan Tech Facilities Management will provide empty trash bags at Princess Point at 9:30 a.m.; volunteers can begin anytime thereafter.

At 3:30, Facilities Management will pick up full bags left along Cliff Drive, the old railroad bed and the Water Front Trail. The annual clean-up is organized by the Michigan Tech Department of Humanities; other groups and individuals are encouraged to participate. If you're able to help with this project, please dress appropriately (e.g., bring work gloves, sturdy shoes or boots, sunscreen, etc.).

For additional information about the clean-up, contact Craig Waddell in the Michigan Tech Department of Humanities at 487-3261 or 482-1636.

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