MAYOR'S MESSAGE

Last Saturday, April 19, 2025, we saw the return of the annual City Cleanup Day. This annual event was last held in 2019, and postponed in 2020 as the pandemic began. For this 2025 returning event, several organizations participated to make it successful: Oregon Bay Area Beautification (OBAB), Les’ Sanitary Service/ Waste Connections, Coos Bay Sanitary Service, City of Coos Bay, City of North Bend, and South Coast Food Share, including Charleston Food Pantry, Coos Food Cupboard, North Bend Presbyterian Food Bank, and the Salvation Army. Special thanks to the South Coast Shopper and Bicoastal Media for helping to get the word out, and the City of Coos Bay Public Works Department for helping with site set-up.

Last Saturday, April 19, 2025, we saw the return of the annual City Cleanup Day. This annual event was last held in 2019, and postponed in 2020 as the pandemic began. For this 2025 returning event, several organizations participated to make it successful: Oregon Bay Area Beautification (OBAB), Les’ Sanitary Service/ Waste Connections, Coos Bay Sanitary Service, City of Coos Bay, City of North Bend, and South Coast Food Share, including Charleston Food Pantry, Coos Food Cupboard, North Bend Presbyterian Food Bank, and the Salvation Army. Special thanks to the South Coast Shopper and Bicoastal Media for helping to get the word out, and the City of Coos Bay Public Works Department for helping with site set-up.

Several collection sites were established throughout the Coos Bay and North Bend communities, where residents could drop off up to four cans (35 gallon sized) of garbage. Donations were encouraged, with either providing up to four shelf-stable food items or a small cash amount. South Coast Food Share can buy three meals, or almost four pounds of food, for every dollar donated.

The City of Coos Bay has spearheaded this event until now, but OBAB will be taking the reins for next year, combining City Clean Up Day with their successful monthly Second Saturday Cleanup efforts.

-Joe Benetti, Mayor of Coos Bay

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