Discarded smartphones, a bicycle and other treasures discovered by children on Clean-Up Day
âAnd the whole Earth,â chimed in his 6-year-old brother, Jared. Saturday was Clean-Up Day, and the Alvarez family, including mom, Johanna, and sister, 4-year-old Lidia, decided to spruce up the neighborhood near their church. They found cigars, napkins, cardboard, shopping bags and face masks. The childrenâs father, Ken, carried the telltale yellow Clean-Up Day bag. With the blue sky, warm temperatures and passersby honking their horns in support, it made for happy work for dozens of people around Fairbanks. The annual collective action results in tons of litter removed from ne...