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Green Up Day in Vermont

Name: Green Up Day in Vermont
Start: 2024-05-04T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-05-04
Location: US Holidays

Green Up Day in Vermont is held on May 4. Observed on the first Saturday of May, is a statewide effort in the US state of Vermont to clean up roadside trash. This event in the first decade of the month May is annual.

Help us

Pick up your Green Up trash bags and get out in your community to clean up your neighborhood roads and waterways.

The first official Green Up Day was held on April 18, 1970, after having been formalized by Governor Deane C. Davis. In 1979, Green Up Vermont became a non-profit organization. Vermont is the only state without an Adopt-A-Highway program and instead continues the grassroots tradition of Green Up Day, in which people of all ages can take part. The State of Vermont cleans up the State Highways, and Green Up Day volunteers clean up all the town roads.

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Greenery Day in Japan on May 4 (みどりの日 - Until 1988, April 29 was celebrated as the birthday of Emperor Showa. It was decided to keep this day a holiday even after his passing away in January 1989 and to name it Greenery Day because of the late Emperor's love of nature. In 2007, April 29 became Showa Day, and Greenery Day was moved to May 4);