Thinking about organizing a litter cleanup for the Great PA Cleanup!? The Department of Transportation now has available an interactive CD that helps volunteers stay safe while they pick up litter.

Beautify PA Safely includes interactive lessons on how to: set up a highway work zone, what to do if a volunteer finds hazardous litter, what to wear so drivers are not distracted by clean up groups, how to identify invasive plants and basic first aid techniques.

To get your copy, call the PennDOT Agility Center at 717-705-1333.

Groups and event coordinators registering their cleanup events at the Great PA Cleanup! website will be eligible for free disposal space for the trash they pick up and to win thank you prizes from participating sponsors. Groups must register their events by April 11 to be eligible.

Last year, more than 139,000 volunteers from all 67 counties removed 7.4 million pounds of trash from roads, parks, schools, waterways, wildlife areas and communities.

The Great PA Cleanup! runs from April 19 to May 3.

3/28/2008