{"id":352062,"date":"2026-09-21T01:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T01:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/352062\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T01:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T01:24:08","slug":"news-12-bronx-bronx-volunteers-come-together-for-community-cleanup-in-pelham-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/352062\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | Bronx Volunteers Come Together For Community Cleanup In Pelham Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Community members, students and local leaders rolled up their sleeves to help beautify parts of the Bronx on National Cleanup Day on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Volunteers gathered at Pelham Bay Little League, where they set out to pick up trash, pull weeds and clear debris from the surrounding neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The cleanup brought together students from Lehman and Cardinal Spellman high schools, members of the community and State Sen. Nathalia Fernandez\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">After spending hours cleaning near the Little League, volunteers learned about another area in need of attention near a local American Legion post. Organizers said garbage had accumulated beneath leaves and overgrowth, which prompted the group to extend its cleanup efforts.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Volunteers spent several more hours clearing the area before crews from the city Department of Sanitation arrived to help remove the remaining debris.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Organizers said they were proud of what the volunteers accomplished and hope the effort encourages neighbors to help keep the streets clean.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">They are also calling for more public garbage cans throughout the neighborhood. They say easier access to trash receptacles could help prevent litter from building up again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Community members, students and local leaders rolled up their sleeves to help beautify parts of the Bronx on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-352062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}