Truckee Day
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Save the Date: Truckee Day 2025 will be Saturday, June 7!
Truckee Day is an annual town-wide litter cleanup, always the first Saturday in June!
Participants will meet at neighborhood check-in stations between 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. to receive supplies and a road assignment. Participants will collect litter from 9 a.m. to noon along Truckee streets and trails in designated orange bags. Please leave your bags on the edge of the street and they will be collected by TTSD the following week. Children are welcome if they are accompanied by a responsible adult.
Following the cleanup, celebrate your hard work at a town-wide block party from 12 – 2 p.m. at the Truckee River Regional Park! Celebrate with a free BBQ lunch, live music, and a community expo. Ride your bike to the park: a FREE bike valet is provided by Truckee Trails Foundation!
Event Stats:
- 21 years strong
- 700+ volunteers each year
- 45 neighborhood champions each year
- 25 check-in stations each year
- 650 burgers served at the block party each year
- 54 tons of litter collected since 2004
Planning Committee:
Ella McMahan, Marketing
Annaliese Miller, Marketing
Maureen Garvey, Fundraising
LanaSue Bell, Fundraising
Steve Randall, Block Party
Anna Grahn-Nilsson, Champion Coordinator
Melanie Grebitus, Town of Truckee Staff
For more information please contact Keep Truckee Green at recycle@townoftruckee.gov or (530) 582-2928.
Sign Up
Save the Date: Truckee Day 2025 will be Saturday, June 7!
Volunteer Sign-Up: Truckee Day 2025
- 8-10 AM: Meet at your neighborhood check-in station to receive cleanup supplies. Help us prevent waste & bring your own gloves if you have them (gardening gloves work great!). A map of neighborhood stations is below.
- 9 AM-12 PM: Make our streets shine bright by cleaning up litter in your neighborhood!
- 12-2 PM: Celebrate our beautiful town and community at a town-wide block party at the Truckee Regional Park! Lunch, live music, and good times for all! The Optimist Club will be on the grill flipping burgers and local band “Down the Rabbit Hole” will bring the good jams. Ride your bike to the park: a FREE bike valet will be provided by Truckee Trails Foundation!
To participate, please fill out the form below for all members of your party. Each participant must sign the waiver at the bottom.
For questions, contact recycle@townoftruckee.com.
*Please be sure to click “SEND” at the bottom of the page to submit your form*
TOWN OF TRUCKEE
VOLUNTEER SERVICES - AGREEMENT AND RELEASE
I, the undersigned hereby acknowledge that I have voluntarily applied to participate in Truckee Day Neighborhood Street Cleanup Event performing certain services for the Solid Waste and Recycling Division, Town of Truckee. I understand and agree that a volunteer position does not constitute an employee - employer relationship with the Town and that I will not be reimbursed for any expenses. I am voluntarily participating in these activities with the knowledge that there is some risk that I may be injured in the course of performing these services. I understand that the Town's policy is to cover volunteers as employees of the Town for purposes of Workers' Compensation benefits. I also understand that under Workers' Compensation laws, Workers' Compensation benefits will be the sole and exclusive remedy in the event I am injured while performing these volunteer activities and services. I have no medical limitations which preclude me from serving as a volunteer for the Town.
With the exception of Workers' Compensation benefits as set out above. I hereby agree that I, my heirs, guardians, legal representatives and assigns will not make a claim against or file an action against the Town of Truckee or any of its agents, officers or employees, for injury or damage resulting from negligence, howsoever caused, by any employees, agent or officer of the Town of Truckee as a result of my participation in this volunteer activity or service. In addition, I hereby release and discharge the Town of Truckee, its agents, officers, and employees from all actions, claims and demands that I, my heirs, guardians, legal representatives or assigns now have or may hereafter have for injury or damage resulting from my participation in these volunteer activities or services.
I HAVE CAREFULLY READ THIS AGREEMENT AND FULLY UNDERSTAND ITS CONTENTS. I AM AWARE THAT THIS IS A PARTIAL RELEASE OF LIABILITY AND A CONTRACT BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE TOWN OF TRUCKEE AND SIGN IT ON MY OWN FREE WILL AND AFTER THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE IT REVIEWED BY AN ATTORNEY OF MY CHOICE
Signature of parent/guardian is required if volunteer is under age 18.
