Showing posts with label Charity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charity. Show all posts

Monday, 21 July 2014

PUSH FOR YOUR TUSH CLEANUP
It started as a run among 100 or so friends on crisp fall day in a North Toronto park in 1996. Today Push for Tush a nationwide event with thousands of runners in cities all across Canada. The 5km walk / 10km run is a great day for everyone, with refreshments, T-Shirts and fun family activities. 1-800-RID-OF-IT will provide all cleanup services for the 2014 event. This includes onsite cleanup staffing throughout the run, and complete cleanup services after the event. 


PUSH FOR YOUR TUSH CLEANUP SERVICES INCLUDE:
•    Post event cleanup
•    Event recycling
•    On site event staffing

Push For Your Tush  2014   was a huge success this year.  The weather was amazing, everyone had lots of fun and best of all over $415 000  was raised.   Good job by all involved.  1-800  RID-OF-IT  was a proud sponsor this year and looking forward to being involved for years to come.


                                                                                   






Wednesday, 22 January 2014

Interview - David Finkelstein

Interview - David Finkelstein



1-800   RID-OF-IT   Helping out when they can.  Our second annual donation of musical instruments to those who need it the most.
Coverage of our Clean up the Humber Event 2013 continues with a little insight on our owner and his family. Check out the great article on page 53.

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Humber River Clean up was a HUGE SUCCESS!

Gary J. Wood / Toronto / Ontario
Our third annual Humber River Clean up was a massive success. Thanks to all our 30 volunteers who helped us clear rubbish, chemical containers, dead animals and other strange items (like a message in a bottle!) from the river. All in all, we pulled out two tonnes of solid waste, and the Humber River is one step closer to being back to its natural beauty.

We'd like to send a big thank you to our corporate sponsor The Complete Paddler for helping us out as well. We hope that next year we will have even more corporate sponsors, volunteers, and that the government of Ontario will consider offering support!


Thanks again Junk Lovers!

The 1-800-Rid-Of-It Team

Thursday, 5 September 2013

Help Us Clean Up The Humber River!


Hello Junk Lovers!

Please join us for our third Humber River Clean up event on September 11 2013. From 8:30AM-1:30PM we'll be pulling out garbage from the river; in previous years we've found rusted shopping carts, garbage cans, bottles, cans and even a provincial history plaque which marks a trading post founded by Jean Baptiste Roussaeux (1758-1812)!

This event was created by President Rick Crawford, who lives in the Bloor West village and is also an avid kayaker. He decided to take action when seeing all the rubbish and junk while paddling through the area.

"Pollution is not just impacting the delicate Humber River ecosystem, but is literally burying our history,” said Crawford. “As a local kayaker I can’t believe the things that have ended up in the Humber River and around the shoreline. It’s a beautiful part of the city, but it really needed someone to step in and clean it up.

We have the Complete Paddler  assisting us with water-based recovery of junk from the river, and we would love to have more individuals, small businesses or corporations to assist us as well! Volunteers are both needed and welcome and will meet in the parking lot, just south of Petro Canada gas station just North of the Queensway and off of South Kingsway at 8:30AM!


Hope to see you there!