""You're all here because you care about your community, and that matters. We thank you. Let's get out there and clean the streets. There's a free beer and plate of tacos for you when you get back.""
"Over the past five years, Yuen has organized nearly 6,000 cleanups, collected nearly 1,300,000 million gallons of trash, which amounts to around 98,000 13-gallon bags, and worked with 20,400 unique volunteers, as of February."
"Civic Joy Fund brought Refuse Refuse into the fold with grant money, which allowed the former marketing executive to run Refuse Refuse as a full-time job."
"They were looking to accomplish a couple of things. One: bring activity back to commercial corridors that were still impacted by the post-pandemic environment."
On a record hot March day in San Francisco, volunteers gathered to clean the streets, led by Vincent Yuen of Refuse Refuse. Yuen has organized nearly 6,000 cleanups over five years, collecting around 1,300,000 gallons of trash. The initiative has engaged over 20,400 volunteers. Recently, the Civic Joy Fund partnered with Refuse Refuse, providing grant money to support Yuen's efforts full-time. The project aims to revitalize commercial areas affected by the pandemic and promote community involvement.
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