Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • October 10, 2012 Ho-Ho-Kus Residents invited to register for fall cleanup by Jennifer Crusco Following the success of last year’s Clean Communities program, which was designed to aid individual homeowners, the Ho-Ho-Kus Girl Scouts will again host a one-day cleanup to assist senior citizens and shut-ins this fall. Property owners who wish to engage the volunteers’ services are encouraged to sign up for this event, which will be available to borough residents on Nov. 5. (In the event of inclement weather, the cleanup will be held Nov. 6.) Ho-Ho-Kus Girl Scouts who range in age from Daisies through Cadets will provide cleanup services, including the collection and bagging of leaves, trash, debris, and recyclable materials. This assistance is available to borough residents, who must be home from 2 to 4 p.m. on Nov. 5, when the cleanup will take place. This event is being coordinated by Troop 1064’s fifth grade Junior Girl Scouts, and will be limited to 10 properties. For more information, interested residents may call Ho-HoKus Borough Hall at (201) 652-4400 or e-mail Ho-HoKus Borough Clerk Laura Borchers at borchersl@hoho-kusboro.com. Each year, during the November Teachers’ Convention, Ho-Ho-Kus volunteers expend their time and energy cleaning up part of the borough. In prior years, the Girl Scouts have worked on the Ho-Ho-Kus Town Green and the area outside borough hall, while older volunteers worked at the borough’s train station. The volunteers’ work is funded by Clean Commu- Ho-Ho-Kus Girl Scouts (and their helpers) who volunteered at the 2011 cleanup show off the nities Grants from the State tidy pile of leaves they raked for borough residents. of New Jersey. This year, Ho-Ho-Kus received $7,057 from that program. Margaret “Peggy Anne” McEvoy signed up for the event last year, and said she intends to do so again this fall. “It was so delightful,” McEvoy said of the 2011 cleanup effort. “It was fun to watch them because they had such a great time. The volunteers did a great job!” McEvoy, whose mother Peg was a 23-year Ho-Ho-Kus Borough Hall employee, grew up in town and was once a member of the same Girl Scout Troops that are now performing the cleanup. After living away from Ho-Ho-Kus for 22 years, she decided to return to her childhood home. McEvoy reported that some things have remained the same. “The community spirit is still here,” she noted.