Collegetown cleanup is set for Saturday

At the Into the Streets Day kickoff event in Uris Auditorium Saturday morning, from left, junior Suzanne Guziec, Into the Streets director, speaks with Diann Sams, Ithaca Common Council member who was the event's guest speaker, and Katherine Doob, director of the Cornell Public Service Center. Frank DiMeo/University Photography

Cornell students, including members of fraternities and sororities, and Collegetown residents will clean up the streets of Collegetown this Saturday, Oct. 3. Activities will include cleaning neighborhood sidewalks, streets, utility poles and open spaces.

Volunteers will gather at various times beginning at 10 a.m. in front of The Nines restaurant on College Avenue. From there, teams of students and year-round residents will begin their clean-up effort.

Leading the campaign to get students involved are Julie Margolin, a vice president of the Panhellenic Council, and C.T. Bochau, a vice president of the Interfraternity Council. The Panhellenic Council and the Interfraternity Council are sorority and fraternity organizations, respectively, at Cornell.

Additional support is being provided by Collegetown businesses, the city of Ithaca's Department of Public Works, the Collegetown Neighborhood Council and two Cornell offices -- Dean of Students and Community Relations.

Participation in this semiannual event is open to all interested members of the community. A second Collegetown cleanup takes place in late April.

From left, freshmen Theresa G. Cargioli and Christine Agviar join senior Luivette Resto and Scotty Cooper, program director for the Southside Community Center, during Into the Streets service work at the center Saturday. Frank DiMeo/University Photography