I Love My City spruces up Hermiston
COMMUNITY
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
HeRMIsTOnHeRaLd.COM • A9
Jade McDowell/Hermiston Herald
A family works together to sweep debris from a fence in a downtown
parking lot during the I Love My City event in Hermiston on Saturday,
May 1, 2021.
By JADE MCDOWELL
neWs edITOR
Jade McDowell/Hermiston Herald
A dog laps at water that Aurelio Maran sprays while washing a truck during the I Love My City event in Hermiston
on Saturday, May 1, 2021.
Jade McDowell/Hermiston Herald
Jade McDowell/Hermiston Herald
A volunteer sweeps a parking lot on Southwest Ninth
Street during the I Love My City event
Members of New Hope Community Church wash
vehicles at a free car wash during the I Love My
City event in Hermiston on Saturday, May 1, 2021.
About 200 volunteers from
local churches came together
on Saturday, May 1, for the
annual spring I Love My City
event.
The program, started in
2016, provides days of free
service to the community. The
latest event included multiple
service projects. Volunteers
gave free car washes at Smit-
ty’s ACE Hardware, worked
on the landscaping along
Highway 395 and picked up
garbage in the downtown area
and along the railroad tracks.
The event, organized by
the churches, was open to
anyone who wanted to show
up Saturday morning and be
put to work. The participat-
ing churches also held a joint
worship service on Sunday,
May 2, outdoors in Butte Park
and live streamed online.
Jade McDowell/Hermiston Herald
Volunteers tend to the flower beds
outside the Hermiston Community
Center during the I Love My City
event in Hermiston on Saturday, May
1, 2021.