The United Way of Greater Fall River held its Annual Day of Caring, an initiative in the community which focuses on volunteers cleaning up a specific location in the city. This year's focus was the on and off ramps from Route 195 to Plymouth Avenue. The event also served as United Way's Campaign Kick-off. The United Way received assistance and supplies from the City of Fall River and the Mass DOT, as well as from several local businesses along with the efforts of dozens of volunteers from local organizations and businesses. The effort resulted in a cleaner entrance for visitors to the City and the chance to get some heart-healthy exercise for the participants. Click here for the Herald News article. Click here for photos of an earlier clean-up along Plymouth Avenue, and here for photos of the clean-up at Cook Pond earlier in the year. For more information about the Neighborhood Associations, contact Perry Long at Government Center at 508-676-0324. (Photos courtesy of Mass In Motion Coordinator Julianne Kelly) 

(Top row, left) Kelly Lawler of Saint Anne's Credit Union holds a sign for those driving by the clean-up on Plymouth Avenue near the Route 195 exit ramp. (Top row, center) Neighborhood Coordinator Perry Long listens as United Way Board President James F. Wallace of Citizens-Union Savings Bank welcomes the volunteers to the clean-up. (Top row, right) Theresa Bond and Dana Oleoh of Steppingstone, Inc. work on bagging and raking. (Second row, left) Sasha Levitskaya, Lance Tehan, Jade Nieuwenhuizen, and Paula Beaulieu of Stanley Street Treatment and Resources pause for a photo. (Second row, right) Citizen-Union Savings Bank employees Liz Nickerson, Heather Manchester and Channy Meas pause for a group photo. (Third row, left) City Councilor Pat Casey works with David Machado and his mother, Joan. (Third row, center) Volunteers from Citizen-Union Savings Bank pose for a group photo. (Third row, right) Grace Gerling and Deno Bizaro from CD-Recreation use shovels and rakes to clear the sidewalks. (Bottom row, left) Monique Wiitala of Lowell, Felicia Sousa of Fall River, and Denise Davis of New Bedford pitch in. (Bottom row, center) United Way Campaign Director Thomas Walker holds up a bag. (Bottom row, right) Nicole Affonso and her mother, Christine, join the clean-up effort.