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City of Jackson Announces 2005 Annual Easter Egg Hunt. The City of Jackson Parks and Recreation Programming Division announces that the 2005 Annual Easter Egg Hunt will be held Saturday, March 26, 2005 at Battlefield Park (953 Porter Street). In past years the Annual Easter Egg hunt has drawn thousands of children. The City of Jackson Department of Parks and Recreation, in conjunction with WJMI/WKXI radio stations, will host this year's egg hunt for children ages 2-10. The Hunt will begin for all ages at promptly 12:00 noon. Registration is required and the event is free of charge for all children. For more information, please call Alonzo Banks at 960-0663.

Pride in Jackson Clean Team Gearing Up Just in Time for the Great American Cleanup
Jackson's Clean Team, volunteer city employees, will be coming together March 7 — 11, 2005 to tackle litter and spruce up select locations in every precinct of Jackson. Dubbed "Pride in Jackson Week", the team invites anyone from the community — church groups, neighborhood associations, etc. — to join them next week in cleanup efforts.

It just so happens that "Pride in Jackson Week" coincides with the kickoff of the "Great American Cleanup," the Nation's largest organized cleanup effort. This year's Great American Cleanup dates are March 7th, April 9th and May 14th.

Neighborhood associations, businesses, and other groups are encouraged to participate in the citywide clean up efforts on these dates.

If you want more information, or if you would like to sign up to help next week or to register your team or organization for the Great American Clean Up, please call the Solid Waste Division at 960-1193.
This is the 20th Anniversary of the Great American Cleanup, led nationwide by Keep America Beautiful, Inc.

Jackson Fire Department Receives Homeland Security Grant
The United States Department of Homeland Security notified the Jackson Fire Department that it has been awarded an Assistance to Firefighters Grant. The grant total is $156,300. The Federal share is 70 percent or $109,410 and the city's share is 30 percent or $46,890.

The Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program is administered by the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and assists rural, urban and suburban fire departments throughout the United States. These funds are used by the nation's firefighters to increase the effectiveness of firefighting operations, firefighter health and safety programs, new fire apparatus, emergency medical service programs, and fire prevention and safety programs