Volunteers Needed for 2018-19 Sidewalk Snow Shoveling Program

Kevin PowellCity

The City of Lawrence and the Senior Resource Center for Douglas County need your help! The Safe Winter Walkways program kicks off now and volunteers are needed to help elderly or disabled individuals clear public sidewalks during snow events.

Able-bodied Lawrence residents with a passion for helping others and who enjoy winter weather are needed to volunteer for the Safe Winter Walkways program. The goal of the Safe Winter Walkways program is to create safer and more accessible pedestrian walkways. This is a joint effort of the City of Lawrence and the Senior Resource Center for Douglas County. Volunteers will be matched with residents needing assistance with snow removal for the winter season.

This year, the city is again offering online registration for participants and volunteers. Visit www.lawrenceks.org/safe_winter_walkways to sign up for the program. The program will close participant sign up on November 16, 2018. This date has been selected so that participants and volunteers can be matched prior to the holiday season, and hopefully, prior to snow season.

The Safe Winter Walkways program is an excellent resource for members of our community who are physically unable to keep their sidewalks clear during snow events. This program is a structured version of what happens in many neighborhoods – neighbors helping neighbors.

Volunteer groups, civic organizations and youth groups are encouraged to consider volunteering as a team. Please contact Larry Woydziak with the Senior Resource Center for Douglas County to find out how to sign up as a group and requirements for volunteering.

This program is for public sidewalks only. We give priority to homes with public sidewalks and volunteers are not required to provide snow removal for private driveways, sidewalks, or walkways.

Volunteers can sign up by calling (785) 832-3338 or registering online at www.lawrenceks.org/safe_winter_walkways.
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Media Contact: Larry Woydziak, Douglas County Senior Services, (785) 842-0543 or Porter Arneill, City of Lawrence, (785) 832-3402