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The team at Markham Veterinary Clinic has adopted a stretch of Highway 7 from Donald Cousens Parkway to Locust Hill in Markham. Our goal is to give back to the community that has been so supportive of our clinic over the past 60 years.
Keeping our community clean and free of litter is an important effort, and the staff of Markham Veterinary Clinic is proud to participate in the program founded by the Ministry of Transportation. Our team has committed to the highway clean up effort three times a year. It is a way for environmentally conscious citizens, community and civic organizations, private businesses and industry to contribute to a cleaner and more beautiful Markham.
If you are interested in the Adopt A Highway program, please click here.
July 2011We headed back out to our stretch of highway on Sunday July 17th. We started at 8:30am to try and avoid the heat, but it was still there! Armed with water, our vests and our piker-uppers, we split up in 2 teams and cleaned up the whole stretch in an hour and a half!!! RECORD TIME!
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April 2011We had another successful highway clean-up on Saturday April 30th! It was a beautiful day and we all had our vests on, bottles of water and our brand new garbage picker-uppers (which worked amazingly well until they broke!). We were amazed at the number of plastic bottles that were discarded along Highway 7 considering there are fewer and fewer people using them! Our next clean up is scheduled for the end of July. We will probably need to go first thing in the morning to avoid the heat! |
October 2010On October 16, 2010 we took part in our first highway clean up. Armed with garbage bags, flashy vests, gloves, a homemade garbage poker and even some salad tongs we spent 3 hours picking up litter! It was definitely hard work, nevertheless the 8 Markham Veterinary Clinic members present made it an enjoyable and team building experience. |
