Keeping with the tradition of community pride, residents and organizations gathered together on May 12 for the annual Cicero Clean-Up Day. As weather warms up throughout Chicago, Cicero civic organizations, Districts 99 and 201 student groups, and a host of residents gather to clean up the town’s streets, lawns and sidewalks, removing debris left over from winter and picking up trash left by passersby. Cicero Clean-Up Day is part of the Keep Cicero CLEAN initiative. CLEAN stands for Community leadership, Law Enforcement, resident Assistance, and protecting Neighborhoods, a multi-point focus implemented by Town President Larry Dominick several years ago to create the New Cicero. The day ends the week-long Public Works effort to pick up large items from homes and alleys to eliminate potential safety hazards. Cicero Clean-Up Day included groups from District 99, Morton High School District 201, Morton College Public Safety, Cicero Police Department, Cicero Fire Department, Primera Iglesia Bautista Fundamental, Corazon Community Services, Inner City Impact, New Harvest Church, Fifty Eighth Avenue Baptist, Good Shepherd Church, Salvation Army, El Shaddai, Vida Abudante, Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal, Parent Patrol, Safety Patrol, JIP, Community Service and Outreach Staff, Cicero Bible Church, Ark Ministries, and the Cicero Boys Club.