Saturday was part of The Great American Cleanup - an opportunity to clean up your yard, street corner, block as COH joined forces with Toledo CDC in taking pride in our community in conjunction with City of Toledo Department of Neighborhoods.

Dr. Perryman (Pastor, Center of Hope) checks-in his team.

(L-R)  TCDC Administrative Assistant Joyce, Susan, and TCDC Board Chair Rev. Algee remove trash from a field next to an alley.

Rev. Algee (TCDC Board Chair) is just getting started as he removes trash from a field by an alley.

Dr. Perryman (Pastor, Center of Hope) removes trash from alongside an abandoned building.

Dea. Young picks up trash in the foreground, while Bro. Chuck searches for litter in the background.

Dea. Young picks up trash alongside a fence on Dorr Street.

Bro. Chuck uses his hands to remove trash from a vacant lot along Dorr street.

Bro. Markus breaks away from the group and begins to remove trash from an open field.

Sis. Mickens (TCDC Executive Director) tosses trash from an alley into her bag.

Sis. Mickens (TCDC Executive Director) removing more trash from an alley.

Sis. Susan and Bro. Chuck work to remove trash from an alley.

Bro. Chuck (left) and Bro. Markus work alongside each other in an alley.

Dea. Young (left) and Bro. Markus work on opposite sides of the brush that is littered with trash and wet clothes.

Dea. Young (left) and Bro. Markus join forces to remove trash and wet, heavy clothes from the brush.

Rev. Algee (TCDC Board Chair) and Sis. Mickens (TCDC Executive Director) work together to remove trash from an alley.

Sis. Joyce (TCDC Administrative Assistant) works with Susan to pick up trash in a vacant lot on Smead Ave.

The TCDC team stands amongst the bags of trash accumulated during their 4/19/08 Geat American Cleanup Session. Back row (l-r):  Bro. Markus, Rev. Algee (TCDC Board Chair).  Front row (l-r):  Sis. Susan, Sis. Mickens (TCDC Executive Director), and Sis. Joyce (TCDC Administrative Assistant).  Not pictured are Dr. Perryman, Dea. Young, and Dea. Clark. 

The team removes the last of numerous trash bags from the truck and places them in a designated pickup location.