For Release: August 15, 1997

Contact: Terri Bisson 277-3434 ext. 4418

Stephanie Powell 277-2771 ext. 4418

See below for local interest contact names

PROVIDENCE - On Tuesday, August 19, young people from OSCAR Clean Teams from several communities will combine forces for a full-scale attack on litter at Black Point in Narragansett.

Between 9:30 am and noon, Clean Teams from Narragansett, North Kingstown, North Providence, Smithfield, Warwick, West Greenwich and Woonsocket and from the Bristol Adult Development/Maher Center serving Portsmouth will clean up the Black Point area in Narragansett just north of Scarborough Beach.

OSCAR's Youth Litter Corps Program, now in its twelfth year, is comprised of 33 teams, each including four youths each aged 14-17 and one adult supervisor. The Clean Teams are part of a statewide cleanup campaign funded by the DEM's OSCAR Program. The crews work 24 hours a week picking up litter in their communities. Last year, Youth Litter Corps teams picked up 87 tons of refuse and over 1,600 used tires, as well as recycling nine tons of aluminum and glass.

Narragansett Gary Tedeschi 782-0689

North Kingstown Paul Duffy 294-3331, ext. 242

North Providence Leo Perrotta 232-0900

Smithfield Esther Pederzani 233-1017

Warwick Michael Rooney 738-2000, ext. 6805

West Greenwich William Lepak 392-3806

Woonsocket Michael W. Simpson 762-6400, ext. 197

Bristol Adult Development/Maher Center (Portsmouth)

Carmen M. Salvador 253-5900