Dozens of volunteers gathered at Arvin City Hall Saturday morning for the city’s first-ever Earth Day clean-up and beautification event.
Armed with tools, elbow grease, and teamwork, students from Arvin High School and Grow Academy worked alongside community members to plant trees, add greenery, and clean up public spaces. Arvin Mayor Olivia Calderón joined the community effort.
“We are celebrating Earth Day here in the city of Arvin, honoring our planet by coming together. And you can see that we’re planting. Mother Earth is our home, the City of Arvin is our home, and we’re going to take care of her,” Olivia Calderón said…