Auburndale Neighborhood Group

November 7 Neighborhood Cleanup

Twenty-five Auburndale residents came out for the fall cleanup.  Fanning out to intersections, busy roadsides and commercial areas we picked up the usual assortment of cans, bottles, food wrappers, and lottery tickets. . . the same types of trash picked up in the spring.  A helpful essay we all need read follows:

Pride is allegiance.
A real pride is allegiance to people, neighborhoods, feelings, beliefs, points of view, ideals, and principles. This is about allegiance to honesty, dignity and inner strength. It is all about staying the person you are under any circumstances, which implies knowing who you are and what qualities you possess. If a person is faithful to his own loved ones and friends, if his opinion about them does not change under the influence of any factors, if his beliefs are profound and his deed are in a harmony with his words, then the person can be proud of himself. Allegiance has honesty and devotion as its integral part. Pride is a lot of things at the same time.

But its major aspect is that the subject of pride has to bring positive changes to the life of the person and to the world around him. Whether it is a family, a job or neighborhod, it is always about staying on top of things: living in harmony with the family, achieving self-realization through having a job or being honest and devoted to people and feelings. Each of these is pride and pride is all these things at the same time.

After the cleanup was completed, we joined Councilwoman Vicki Welch, Scottsdale and Candlelight members to meet, greet and explore ways to discourage those without pride who litter our neighborhood streets.

Special thanks to Ken McFarland for heading the Auburndale clean up!