Charity Keep Bermuda Beautiful provided a double dose of community spirit last weekend by embarking on a series of island-wide clean up operations to mark Earth Day and the group’s own Spring Clean event.

On April 22, 70 cast members from Up with People took to the city streets to do a KBB litter cleanup before they performed on the steps at City Hall for a crowd of about 300 people as part of the Earth Day celebrations.

The next day, the charity’s volunteers were out and about again taking part in the annual KBB Spring Clean picking up 14 tons of litter and debris from 30 different locations.

The cleanup operation involved a large number of Hamilton Parish residents organised by Richard and Mary Winchell who covered almost a dozen locations.

Meanwhile, Natasha Buttererfield and her family descended on the old railway building at Camp Hill at which several trucks owned by Mr Butterfield along with one of the hustle trucks were on hand to assist with clearing the site.

Saltus Grammar School students and parents tended to John Smith’s Bay, while the Bermuda Chapter of International Internal Auditors headed Bulkhead Drive and the Warwick Railway Trail to clear rubbish and debris.

The Eastern CAT Police Team joined Clearwater Middle School students along St David’s Road and Chubb employees head to Glebe Road.

A team from St George’s led by Leonette Georges cleaned up along the Kindley Field Road at the airport, Angela Hales and a group of friends set about tidying up Grape Bay beach.

Anne Hyde, KBB’s executive director said, “We are extremely pleased with the results of this year’s Spring Clean and the enthusiasm in which volunteers take part in this Island-wide event.

“KBB is very grateful to receive trash removal support from both Works and Engineering and the Department of Parks.”