Spring cleaning ‘bug’ spurs productivity

It’s hard to believe we’re already four months into 2018, but the warm weather is here, popping up in between bouts of cold rain.

With the warm weather comes the itch to be more active and be outside participating in activities the cold temperatures halted.

For me this weather brings back memories of spring cleaning with my family. About this time every year my dad would get the spring cleaning “bug” and make it his mission to clean and declutter our house from top to bottom. And yes, I do mean top to bottom, literally – from the attic fan to the baseboards.

While I don’t share his desire to upend my abode and minutely scrub everything now that I have my own apartment, I do feel the need to be more productive outside of work. Because of work, however, I have noticed this spring cleaning energy doesn’t just apply to individuals and their households. In Franklin County, there are a couple of different projects going on in April that fit this theme.

The PALS Spring Cleanup date has been set for April 28, starting at around 8:30 a.m. and finishing up around noon. ALPALS is an annual spring cleanup initiative recognized and participated in statewide from April 21-28. The theme is “Don’t Drop it on Alabama.”

This week more than 100 employees from the Pilgrims production plant volunteered to help clean up different areas around Russellville. They are picking up trash, washing street signs, cleaning up the public parks and even washing Russellville police cars, among other things.

I had the chance to visit the different sites these volunteers have been working at, and I can attest to the hard work that has been put into the project. The areas where they have spent their time working look significantly better – and this will go a long way toward the beautification efforts Russellville has been undertaking.