Actor Tony Danza joins Mayor and volunteers at kick offrnNearly 200 Philly Spring Cleanup projects across the city are aimed to create arnClean and Green PhiladelphiarnrnWHAT: City of Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter and the Philadelphia Streets Department will kick off the third annual Philly Spring Cleanup with an outdoor, morning celebration at St. Joseph’s Preparatory School, located at 18th & Girard. Mayor Nutter will join more than 150 volunteers as they begin a day of cleaning and beautifying in the vibrant North Philadelphia neighborhood.rnrnMayor Nutter will be joined on the school lawn by actor Tony Danza, the Department of Streets Commissioner Clarena I.W. Tolson, Director of Sustainability Katherine Gajewski, and a large crowd of student volunteers, North Philadelphia residents, community group representatives and Philly Spring Cleanup partner organizations. Immediately following the remarks, Mayor Nutter will lead the volunteers in the cleanup efforts like picking up trash and recyclables, pulling weeds, and painting homes and storefronts.rnrnThis will be a highly visual event that will feature remarks from the City of Philadelphia’s top officials. City Year members will perform a warm-up routine with Mayor Nutter to kick off the event. Famed Philadelphia mascots will be present. There will be a wide range of interview and cleanup photo opportunities with Mayor Nutter, city officials and project site volunteers.rnrnWHO: Mayor Michael A. NutterrnTony Danza, Actor and current teacher at Northeast High SchoolrnCommissioner Clarena I.W. Tolson, City of Philadelphia Department of StreetsrnKatherine Gajewski, City of Philadelphia Director of SustainabilityrnOver 150 neighborhood and student volunteersrn15 City Year members performing warm-up routine with Mayor NutterrnrnWHEN: Saturday, April 10 9:00 amrnrnWHERE: St. Joseph’s Preparatory School, 1733 West Girard Avenue., PhiladelphiarnParking: Media parking is available in the lot adjacent to the school lawn.rnrnThere are nearly 200 projects sites across the City of Philadelphia participating in the third annual Philly Spring Cleanup. This years’ theme “Keep Up The Sweep Up†encourages Philadelphia residents and organizations to sustain the effort toward a cleaner and brighter Philadelphia all year long.rnrnMayor Nutter’s Philly Spring Cleanup Schedule:rn10 am- Martin Luther King Recreation Center, 22nd & Cecil B. Moore: Volunteers from the neighborhood and the Mayor’s Office will be painting and cleaning the recreation center basketball court, playground, pool area and baseball diamond.rn10: 45 am- Fresh Start, 3023 Frankford Ave.: More than 250 volunteers will cleanup and beautify Kensington neighborhood. Distribution of recycling bins and sign-ups for Philadelphia Recycling Rewards program.rn11:15 am- South Philadelphia High School, 2101 S. Broad St.: Volunteers will cleanup surrounding South Philadelphia streets and prune trees planted during the 2009 Philly Spring Cleanup. Target, the lead corporate supporter, team members will be participating in all volunteer activities that day.rn11:45 am- Enterprise CDC, 4538 Market St.: Activities will include work on a community garden in a vacant lot near the 46 El Station, vacant lot cleaning, playground and schoolyard beautification and transformation of a 13,000 + square foot abandoned building into a Center for Culinary Enterprises- which will aim to improve the under-served commercial corridor. Mayor Nutter will participate in work on the community garden.rn12:15- Partnership CDC, 60th & Market St.: Cleaning in West Philadelphia neighborhood.rn12:45 – SEPTA Thank You lunch, Festival Pier, Delaware Avenue: Mayor will thank volunteers.rnrnTarget is the lead corporate supporter of the third annual Philly Spring Cleanup. Additional corporate partners include RecycleBank, Waste Management, Republic Services, Blue Mountain, Covanta, Big Belly Solar. City partners include PMBC, Keep Philadelphia Beautiful, Greater Philadelphia Cares, Fairmount Park, Global Citizen, the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services, City Year and the City of Philadelphia Department of Recreation.rnrnInformation about all of the Philly Spring Cleanup project sites and the 2008 and 2009 results can be found at www.PhillyCleanup.com