Thirty-eight volunteers getting psyched up to do ten years of yard work in two hours. ๐ |
Donuts (donated by the VFW) and a pep talk before beginning. |
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Not the best "before" picture as a lot of work had already been done... but still a long way from the final look. |
It started when Code Enforcement was called out to check on a property that was in need of some TLC (to put it mildly).
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There were volunteers of all ages. |
Code Enforcement approached us (Dan Gonse and Joseph Morabito) after a Coffee with the Mayor event wondering if the Wildomar Beautification Volunteers might be able to lend a hand in a distressed situation.
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A bird's eye view from the top of the roll-off dumpster. |
From there Councilwoman Bridgette Moore jumped in and got the groundwork laid that saw 30 volunteers meet bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at 7:30am to tackle this daunting task.
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It took a few moments to get into the groove, but soon enough the volunteers were working in unison like a determined colony of ants with the same objective: let's get this done before the Sun really heats up. ๐
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Mayor Ben Benoit atop the dumpster. Not the easiest job to volunteer for, but there he is... while I'm on this side of the camera and keyboard. ๐
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Among the thirty volunteers were four members of the Wildomar city council, and three members of Wildomar's Code Enforcement Team. |
I asked Bridgette for a recap of the morning: "Today we have over 30 volunteers helping an elderly veteran in the city of Wildomar. We have our mayor, Ben Benoit here, mayor pro-tem Joseph Morabito and council members Ashlee DePhillippo and Bridgette Moore."
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Look at the difference on that fence line. |
"We also have our code enforcement team here. We have Prestige Nutrition. We want to thank our sponsor CR&R for donating the bin. And also Agustin Montesinos for trimming the palm tree."
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Imagine all the palm fronds that had to be cut off of that tree.
It was said to be an $1800 job that they donated. |
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Michelle, of *Prestige Nutrition, and her daughter Ava, along with the other members of her family, were out in force.
*Prestige Nutrition is a new business in town. It's near Go-Nutz Donuts and Altura Credit union. It's veteran owned and they're already looking to be active members of the Wildomar community. |
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I'm guessing that people who regularly use that road will be doing double-takes for the next week or two as they pass by it. Out of privacy concerns for the resident, I'm not going to post the address here. |
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A candid picture of Bridgette Moore in action. In addition to organizing this, she worked it too. If you look close enough, you'll see a special shoe on her left foot. She had hurt it just a little over a week ago, but didn't let that slow her down where it would have easily sidelined me. |
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After tons of debris surrounding this piece of equipment had been removed, it was evident that it wasn't going anywhere. I made a note to myself after seeing this. Clean out the garage and side yard while it can be accommodated with regular trash cans. |
In the end, there was still a lot more work to do, but talk about having one heckuva head start.
Wildomar is taking a more serious approach to code enforcement these days and though you may have been neglecting things for years (or decades) that's not going to be a valid excuse if you get that knock on your door.
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