![]() ![]() Wow! I had no idea that many Americans could agree on anything, especially something so controversial. According to an organization called the American Cleaning Institute, ninety-one percent of Americans engage in spring cleaning-or say they do, though I don’t recall anyone asking me.Īnd a whopping seventy-six percent of the population claim they do it every year. I didn’t read all 665 million articles, but I did stumble on a startling statistic in one of them. Clearly I’m not the only one who would rather write about it than do it. Take the time to read them all and you won’t have time to do any cleaning for the next twelve years. If you do an internet search of spring cleaning like I did, you’ll find that there are at least 665 million results. I think you’ll find it’s much more enjoyable than doing it. Or you could skip spring cleaning altogether and just do extensive research on the subject like I’ve done. ![]() I don’t recommend that either since National Blame Someone Else Day isn’t until the first Friday the 13th of the year. You could put it off until next March and blame me. You could go ahead and do your spring cleaning in April. I realize I’ve left you with a difficult decision to make. Nevertheless, I apologize for not letting you know sooner. Plus I don’t think it’s fair that No Housework Day only gets April 7, though I’ve been known to observe it for several months at a time. We only get one day to celebrate far more important things like independence and my birthday. And even if it is worth celebrating, I think a full week is excessive. I’m not sure why anyone would celebrate cleaning anyway, spring or otherwise. Maybe because I don’t have an instinct to clean. Oklahoma’s Great American Cleanup is sponsored by ODOT, OTA, Keep Oklahoma Beautiful, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, OG&E, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, Warren CAT, Waste Management, Lowe’s, Oklahoma Beverage Association, Oklahoma Shirt Company and Pepsi.Well, dang! I’ve just learned that the fourth Sunday of March kicked off National Spring Cleaning Week, seven glorious days set aside to celebrate our instinct to clean, and I missed it. Keep America Beautiful recognized ODOT and Oklahoma Turnpike Authority with the national 2022 State Agency Partnership Recognition Award for both agency’s continued involvement with the Great American Cleanup. This year’s participants are advised to be aware of location, practice safety awareness, use gloves at all times and keep any children closely supervised when participating in the cleanup efforts. ODOT distributes the supplies to each of its 77 county maintenance yards where they are picked up by volunteers. Keep Oklahoma Beautiful provides TRASH-OFF supplies and promotional items to participants, including cash grants, trash bags, gloves and water donations. It amazes me every year how many Oklahomans come together to work toward a cleaner state,” ODOT Beautification Coordinator Melody Johnson said. “Spring is a great time of year to bring volunteers and communities together for such an important event. Those totals do not include the hundreds of volunteer hours spent fighting litter across the state. The department spends nearly $6 million in taxpayer dollars annually to combat litter along state highways and interstates while the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority spends about $1 million annually to clean along toll roads. Keep Oklahoma Beautiful had 17,540 registered participants who collected more than 4 million pounds of litter and cleaned nearly 1,500 miles of roads. Keep Oklahoma Beautiful was able to partner with 335 Great American Cleanup community events in 2022, up from 138 previously. To register for either event, groups, counties and individuals may join online at or call 40. TRASH-OFF is a statewide all-day event on April 15, and the Great American Cleanup is open to all communities and volunteers through May 31. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation and Keep Oklahoma Beautiful are once again partners for the event, which is part of the national three-month annual Great American Cleanup. The 34th annual Oklahoma TRASH-OFF is open for registration, part of a goal to keep Oklahoma free of litter as volunteers spring into the season. ![]() Start the spring cleaning by entering the 2023 TRASH-OFF ![]()
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