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Rhonda Allen: Volunteers helped make Veterans Day complete

Thank you to the enthusiastic volunteers who helped clean up Scenic Avenue on Veterans Day. I really appreciated your hard work and community spirit!

Bruce, Barbara, Diane, David, Kathryn, Paul, Brandon and Brittany – your willingness to clean up this busy area, with no reward other than to see the area look cleaner, is quite commendable. I hope this project will encourage other community members and business leaders to get involved in maintaining and improving other areas in our community. Groups can easily organize clean-ups in neighborhoods by contacting Stephanie at Modesto’s Parks, Recreation and Neighborhoods Department to arrange for safety vests and litter-bag pick up. Thanks again to all our volunteers; you are very special people!

Rhonda Allen, Modesto

This story was originally published November 13, 2015 at 9:22 AM with the headline "Rhonda Allen: Volunteers helped make Veterans Day complete."

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