Volunteers and citizens donated their time to the citywide clean-up efforts throughout Mount Vernon Saturday, April 26.

Organizer Joe Jennison said that the city had more than 50 volunteers show up ahead of the 8 a.m. check-in to be assigned to tasks throughout uptown Mount Vernon. Multiple zones and projects were marked as needing cleaned ahead of Chalk the Walk next weekend.

One of the tasks that was completed by members of the Trailblazers 4-H Club Saturday was helping at the Bijou with some of the removal of tarp. Kelli Kennon-Lane said they plan to plant some native plants and species in that zone and other areas around the movie theater in coming weeks.

Members of the Community Bible Church cleaned up much of the block of First Street Southwest. A crew of Mount Vernon Baseball team members were helping with projects at Memorial Park this year.

Jennison said many areas had their work completed well before 10 a.m. Saturday morning, and the donuts and many of the snacks had all disappeared.