EARTH DAY

STATEWIDE

The Rhode Island Advisory Commission on Historical Cemeteries Cleanup: To volunteer, call Evelyn Wheeler, commission chairman at 789-3503 or eviewhee@verizon.net. Cleanup of the cemetery at the Knightsville Congregational Church, 67 Phenix Ave., Cranston will be held Satfrom 10 am-2 pm.

EAST BAY

Middletown

April 19: Earth Day Cleanup . Bags and gloves will be provided. 845-5802 for more information.

•Coastal Cleanup. Meet at The Walter’s Edge, 1077 Aquidneck Ave., Middletown, 9 am-noon.

Newport

April 19: Earth Day Cleanups . Bags and gloves will be provided. 845-5802 for more information.

•King Park with the Friends of the Waterfront. Meet at the King Park picnic pavilion 9 am-noon, rain or shine.

•Morton Park. Meet in the park on Morton Avenue near the playground 10 am-noon.

•Storer and Battery Park. Meet in Storer Park 9 am-noon.

•Cliff Walk & Belmont Park. Meet at the Marine Avenue entrance to Cliff Walk 1-2 pm, rain or shine.

April 19. Neighborhood Cleanup, the Off Broadway Neighborhood Association will clean the streets, sidewalk and gutters in the vicinity of Broadway to Van Zandt and Malbone to Tilley Avenue/Pond Streets. Volunteers should meet at 13 Condgon Ave., Newport at 9 am. Garbage bags and gloves will be provided. For information, e-mail theel@cox.net.

Portsmouth

April 19. Common Fence Point Neighborhood. Meet at the community hall on Anthony Road 8:30-11:30 am. Trash bags will be provided, but bring your own gloves and tools.

Tiverton

Community Cleanup April 19 through April 27. List of sites in need of cleaning are at the Essex Library, Town Hall and Coastal Roasters. 624-7830.

NORTH

Burrillville

April 19. Burrillville Lions Club Cleanup. Meet at the Town Garage, 65 Union Ave. 369-2739. 8:30 am-1 pm. Designated clean-up areas will be assigned. Gloves and bags will be provided.

April 19. Little Cleanup. Meet at the Burrillville Public Works Garage at 9 am.

Cumberland

April 19. Little Cleanup of the Ballou Cemetery, Elder Ballou Meeting House Road at 8 am.

Lincoln

April 19. Litter Cleanup along the Blackstone River. Meet at the Manville Dam at 8 am.

Smithfield

April 19. Smithfield Conservation Commission Cleanup. Volunteers should meet at the Conservation Center off Waterview Avenue for assignments. Bags, gloves and bottles of water will be supplied. 595-7603.

April 19. Little Cleanup. Meet at the Leo Bouchard Conservation Center behind the police station .

METRO

Spring Clean-Up and Mural Treasure Hunt, India Point Park, Gano Street entrance, Providence. 273-4204. Sat9 am-noon. Pizza and drinks after the group photo. Bring wheel barrow and clipping tools. Lawn bags, gloves, rakes, paint and brushes provided. Rain date Sun.

April 19. AAA will hold its annual Great Battery Roundup from 9 a.m. to noon at the AAA Automotive Center, 110 Royal Little Dr., ProvidenceKeep batteries upright in a cardboard box or plastic container while transporting. For each battery turned in, the club will donate $2 to Save the Bay.

SOUTH COUNTY

Richmond

Richmond's annual Earth Day community cleanup will be held Saturday, April 19, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Meet at the town’s gazebo next to Town Hall, 5 Richmond Townhouse Rd. An awards ceremony for the Kids’ logo contest will be held at 12:30 p.m. Refreshments will be offered.

Westerly

April 19. The Domestic Violence Resource Center of South County will collect used computers, monitors, keyboards, aluminum, copper, laptops, laser printers, routers, radios, scanners, fax machines, car stereos, cable, wires, cell phones, telephones and other electronics at the Westerly Wal-Mart, 258 Post Rd. There is a $1 fee for each item, which will benefit the Center. Larger items such as televisions, air conditioners, large copies may require an additional handling fee.

April 19. Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corp. will collect computers and cell phones and household hazardous waste at Second Beach in Middletown. Household waste must be labeled and in a sealed container. Visit www.rirrc.org for information and to make an appointment.

University of Rhode Island, Route 138, Kingston. 874-2116; www.uri.edu/news.

•Campus Cleanup and Tree-Planting Ceremony, April 19. at 11 am. Meet at the quadrangle.

•Earth Day Festival on the quadrangle, Kingston. April 22. Educational exhibits; sustainable products; build a bird feeder; ocean awareness games; home-waste audit; workshops on gardening, composting and bicycle repair (11 am-1:30 pm); screening of Eleventh House documentary film about global warming at 7 pm in the URI Library, Galanti Lounge; music 11 am-4 pm. Free.

WEST BAY

Cranston

April 19. Earth Day Cleanups will be held at the Howard Industrial Park, Pocasset Cemetery, Knightsville Cemetery 8 am-noon and the Dialogue Garden on Oaklawn Avenue at 10 am-noon.

East Greenwich

April 19. Earth Day Cleanups at the waterfront, Howland Road and Division Street and most main roads west of Tillinghast 9 am-noon. Volunteers should bring their own work gloves; trash bags will be provided. Bags should be left on the roadsides for the Public Works crews to collect. A concert and excerpts from the Academy Players spring musical The Secret Garden will begin at 11:30 am at Town Hall.

West Greenwich

April 19. Earth Day Cleanups in the Big River and Lake Mishnock area. Volunteers should meet at 8:30 am at the commuter parking lot at Exit 6A off Route 95 for their assignments, gloves and bags.