April 25, 2025
14th Annual Intergenerational Spring Clean-Up Helps Over 100 Seniors
Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. announced today that the 14th Annual Oneida County Intergenerational Spring Clean-Up saw 465 youth volunteers service the homes of 102 seniors.
"The success of our Annual Intergenerational Spring and Fall Clean-Ups is a direct result of our dedicated, committed, and hardworking youth volunteers and their mentors,” Picente said. “Our Oneida County senior citizens, who can no longer physically do the work or financially afford to have the work done for them, have benefitted tremendously from this initiative and its volunteers efforts. They continue to remind us that there is good in our youth, in our world and that Oneida County is a special place to live.”
The 14th Annual Intergenerational Spring Clean-Up was a collaboration between the Oneida County Youth Bureau, the Oneida County Office for the Aging and Continuing Care and local colleges, school districts and youth organizations. Volunteers raked and collected leaves, swept porches, sidewalks and driveways and brought light refuse to the curb at the homes of seniors throughout the county.
Volunteers participated from Utica University football and field hockey, as well as the Organization of Justice Studies and Alpha Phi Delta national fraternity; Mohawk Valley Community College’s Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society; New Hartford High School varsity and junior varsity baseball and varsity softball; T.R. Proctor High School Key Club and Young Scholars Program; Clinton High School varsity baseball and National Junior Honor Society; Notre Dame High School varsity baseball and National Junior ROTC; Whitesboro Middle School and Marcy Elementary School PTO; Camden High School athletics; Vernon-Verona-Sherrill Interact Club; Oriskany High School Track & Field and Key Club; Rome Free Academy; CNY Football Club; St. Elizabeth College of Nursing; YWCA AMEND Together; ICAN SNUG and Broadway Utica Youth Ambassadors.
“With the outpouring of support given by our youth and the supportive number of youth volunteers represented, these kids see the big picture,” Youth Bureau Director Kevin Green said. "Compassion for those in need, caring enough to do the work and bringing joy to others are three characteristics these 465 youth volunteers brought to Oneida Counties senior citizen population.”
The 2025 Spring Clean-up took place on April 12 and 13.
During the 2024 Intergenerational Fall Clean-Up this past October, 470 youth volunteers serviced the homes of 105 senior citizens throughout the county.
The 2025 Intergenerational Fall Clean-Up is scheduled for October 18 and 19 and the 2026 Intergenerational Spring Clean-Up is scheduled for April 18 and 19. Any Oneida County colleges, school districts and youth organizations interested in volunteering should contact the Oneida County Youth Bureau at 315-798-5027.
