A City-Wide Spirit: FCJ Staff join Calgarians for the Annual Cleanup

Since 1967, Calgarians have come together each year for the Pathway and River Cleanup, a tradition that started with 12-year-old Sandra Crawford. After noticing a mattress in the Elbow River and not being able to remove it herself, she wrote to the Calgary Herald, inspiring the first community cleanup.

This year, eight staff from FCJ Christian Life Centre joined the City of Calgary’s cleanup in McKenzie Lake. The team walked the pathways and green spaces, and were glad to find very little trash, a sign of how many people in the city care about keeping their neighborhoods clean.

Even with less to pick up, the group said it was still a meaningful way to give back and be part of a long-standing Calgary tradition.#