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THE BIG EVENT IN GRAND PRAIRIE IS BACK COMING TO THE RESCUE OF THOSE IN NEED.
A BIG HELP FOR THE NINTH, STRAIGHT YEAR.
THE BIG EVENT IS A MASSIVE ONE DAY SPRING CLEANING INITIATIVE THAT BRINGS OUT VOLUNTEERS FROM SEVERAL CITY DEPARTMENTS, LOCAL BUSINESSES, CIVIC GROUPS, NON-PROFITS AND CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS, CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS SPREAD OUT AT SCORES OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND EAST TO WEST.
TAKING ON ANY NUMBER OF JOBS, LIKE YARD WORK, RAKING LEAVES, AND PULLING WEEDS, REMOVING TREES, AND CLEANING OUT TRASH, OR EVEN BUILDING A NEW COMMUNITY GARDEN.
GRAND PRAIRIE BECAME THE FIRST MUNICIPALITY IN THE NATION TO ADOPT THE BIG EVENT.
BROUGHT HERE BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER GEORGIA CLEMSON, WHO GOT THE IDEA FROM HER GRANDSON WHEN HE WAS A STUDENT AT TEXAS A AND M WHERE IT ORIGINATED.
THERE WE ARE, WE'RE LOOKING HEAVY TODAY AND AFTER NEARLY A DECADE, HUNDREDS CONTINUE TO SIGN UP YEAR AFTER YEAR IN GRAND PRAIRIE, WHERE SONS JOIN FATHERS DAUGHTERS WORK ALONGSIDE MOTHERS AND NEIGHBORS, HELP NEIGHBORS ALL WITH THE SAME MISSION IN MIND.
UM, YEAH, HE'S, HE'S, HE'S REALLY, I THINK THE BIG REASON THIS IS HIS FIFTH EVENT AND REALLY JUST TRYING TO TEACH HIM HOW TO SERVE OTHER PEOPLE.
I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT HERE THAT UNFORTUNATELY CAN'T NECESSARILY DO THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, AND SO IT REALLY HELPS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND DO THIS FOR THEM.
I REALLY LOVE THIS NEW GENERATION 'CAUSE THEY ARE ALL ABOUT SAVING THE WORLD, SAVING THE PLANET, DOING THE THINGS, KEEPING US TOGETHER.
'CAUSE WHEN I GREW UP, IT WAS JUST LIKE, WHAT FUN CAN WE HAVE? AND NO ONE REALLY CARED ABOUT.
AND IT JUST SHOWS COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW? OKAY.
BUILDING A COMMUNITY GARDEN, GARDEN, PICKING UP TRASH THAT'S NEEDED AND IT'S HELPFUL, BUT PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER, GETTING SOMETHING ACCOMPLISHED, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
AND LOOK WHERE WE'VE COME FROM NINE YEARS AGO AND, UH, JUST THE SEEDS THAT ARE PLANTED THEN, UH, AND ARE NOW BEGINNING TO BLOSSOM AND BLOOM.
AND THEY WILL FOR YEARS TO COME.
THIS YEAR'S BIG EVENT IN GRAND PRAIRIE, BROUGHT OUT 1500 VOLUNTEERS FOR JOBS AT MORE THAN 100 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
GRAND PRAIRIE HAS A NEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND AND DEFEND.
FORMER TEXAS HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE RODNEY ANDERSON WAS SWORN IN AT THE MARCH 25TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND TAKES OVER PLACE EIGHT AT LARGE AFTER WINNING A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THAT SEAT, WHICH WAS VACATED EARLIER THIS YEAR BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE ELECT JUNIOR INU.
AS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN IN THAT SEAT, UH, HE HAS THE RIGHT TEMPERAMENT, THE RIGHT, UH, UH, THE RIGHT ATTITUDE.
AND HE AND I HAVE ALREADY TALKED A COUPLE OF TIMES.
AND, UH, I WILL TELL YOU, HE'S, HE DID A FANTASTIC JOB AS, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.
JUNIOR, I, IF I HAD A HAT ON, I'D TIP IT TO YOU.
UH, AND I DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR RUNNING FOR THAT BECAUSE IT, IT GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BE BACK IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
ANDERSON'S CURRENT TERM WILL LAST TILL MAY OF 2027.
MEANWHILE, ON MAY 2ND THIS YEAR, GRAND PRAIRIE WILL HOLD THE GENERAL AND BOND ELECTION TO DECIDE TWO MORE CITY COUNCIL SEATS IN DISTRICT THREE AND PLACE SEVEN.