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Sheldon Community Clean Up Projects
- June 8, 2020 - - June 26, 2020

While the Sheldon Marketing Committee was not able to hold what would have been Sheldon’s 15th ANNUAL Community Clean-Up as we have traditionally, with the help of the Sheldon Middle School students and many others – we still CAN clean up our community! To that end, the Sheldon Marketing Committee would like to encourage and invite ALL Sheldon residents, service groups, clubs and organizations to participate in an ADOPT-A-PROJECT that you and/or your group of volunteers can do at a time that works best for you!
The following are a list of “Adopt-a-Projects” that we hope, with YOUR help, can be completed in order to get Sheldon looking it’s very best as we head into summer!
If you, your business, or your club/organization would be willing to adopt a specific project, please contact Shantel Oostra at the SCDC office at 324-2813 or soostra@cityofsheldon.com as soon as possible! We certainly encourage businesses and their employees to cleanup around their place of business as part of this effort as well!!
Together, as a community, we CAN make this, along with many other exciting things happen, and show visitors, shoppers and friends of Sheldon that we DO take great pride in our community!Thank you for your consideration as we all work together to make a positive difference for our community!
Community Clean-Up Adopt-A-Project List
Groups listed in red indicate that group has already agreed to ADOPT THAT PROJECT!
City Park
Ball Diamonds
Trash pick-up around the ball diamonds & in the surrounding fence lines
Place trash bags in the dumpster located by the enclosed shelter house
Paradise Playground
Trash and stick pickup
Place trash bags in the dumpster located by the enclosed shelter house
Skate Park
Trash and stick pick-up at Skate Park
Place trash bags in the dumpster located by the enclosed shelter house
Plantings
Veteran’s Memorial at City Park, Sheldon Garden Club – DONE!
Hills Park
Shelter house (located by playground equipment)
Pick up trash
Sweep entire shelter house, under tables and cement pad of shelter house
Clean out fireplace
Place trash bags in the dumpster by the shelter house
Shelter house (located west side of Hills Park)
Pick up trash
Sweep entire shelter house, under tables and cement pad of shelter house
Place trash bags in the dumpster by the shelter house located by playground equipment
Trash pick-up all of Hills Park
Tools needed: trash bags, gloves
Place trash bags in the dumpster by the shelter house by playground equipment
Planter around the sign (located by entrance of Hills Park)
Pull weeds and clean up dead flowers
Berm of Hills Park- (located by the entrance of Hills Park-located by water hydrant)
Clean up of dead plantings
Pull weeds
Place trash bags in the dumpster by the shelter house by playground equipment
Sheldon Sports Complex
Trash pick-up along the fences (ditch across from Hy-Vee)
Thorman Park
Flowers: Planting flowers in small planter
Ongoing watering of plants
Donation of flowers
Trash pick-up at Thorman Park
Shelter House at Thorman Park
Trash & stick pick up
Prairie Arts Council
Please contact Karin Vandenberg 712-899-1748 for more details
Clean up yard, pull weeds, trim bushes, plant flowers
Depot– Girl Scout Troops – DONE!
Planting petunias in the flower boxes.
Flowers provided by: Marketing Committee
Downtown Park (located by The Dental Office)
Pull weeds within landscaping
Pick up trash
Place trash bags in front of fence of the downtown park area
Crossroads Pavilion:
Trash pickup around the Crossroads Pavilion property
Tricia Meendering, general manager of the Crossroads Pavilion will be the contact person
Sheldon Rec. Trails – Various areas of the trail are listed below:
Fantasia to Village Northwest Unlimited property
Trash / stick pick up
Village Northwest Unlimited property to Washington Avenue
Trash / stick pick up
Washington Ave to water treatment plant
Trash / stick pick up
Hills park trail head to Sheldon Sale Barn area
Trash / stick pick up
Sheldon Sale Barn area to Sheldon Motel
Trash / stick pick up
Sheldon Motel to rest area
Trash / stick pick up
Rest area to Sudbeck Trucking
Trash / stick pick up
Sheldon Crossroads (located by McDonalds, fenced area west of fence)
Trash pickup
Trash pickup in ditches surrounding the Sheldon Crossroads
Place sealed trash bags in dumpster
Railroad tracks from Hwy 18 to Hills Park (Behind Subway, Seasons Center, H & R Block)
Trash pickup
Place sealed trash bags in dumpster by shelter house in Hills Park
Runger addition
Pick up trash in ditch area from Los Tulapanes to The Dog House
Please dispose of sealed trash bags
Highway Trash Pick Up
Along Hwy.18 and 2nd Avenue (0ld Hwy. 60) going west both sides of the highway
Along Hwy.18 and 2nd Avenue (0ld Hwy. 60) going east both sides of the highway
Along Old Hwy 60 both sides of highway going north
Along Old Hwy 60 both sides of highway going south
Expressway ramps
Trash pickup