The City of Auburn’s annual Clean Sweep Project, a community-wide volunteer effort, will cover 21 locations on Saturday.

Major clean-up and beautification efforts will take place downtown Auburn and in other areas throughout the city.

Volunteer groups will work collectively on painting a mural, cleaning banners, sprucing up sidewalks, beautifying City medians and public right of ways and beautifying the White River Trail, Interurban Trail and Mill Pond Park.

The Clean Sweep project will kick off at City Hall at 7:30 a.m. with group registration and a pancake breakfast prepared by Kiwanis Club of Auburn. Volunteers will then participate in a Ceremonial Clean Sweep down the Main Street sidewalks at 8:30 a.m., followed by the collective volunteer projects at various sites around Auburn beginning around 9 a.m.

Service clubs, social service agencies, faith-based groups, scouting troops, businesses and individuals are being asked to come together and work side-by-side to help with the planting project.

Volunteers will be asked to bring tools based on their volunteer assignment (determined once registered), gardening or work gloves and a broom for the ceremonial sweep along the Main Street sidewalks.

Participants are encouraged to wear T-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, or other clothing that identifies their group. The City will provide breakfast, instruction sheets for each project site and garbage bags and dumpsters for debris.

To volunteer to participate in Clean Sweep 2010 or for additional information, please visit www.auburnwa.gov, call 253-931-3043, or email jbrewer@auburnwa.gov.