Litter and clutter beware! Streets will be cleaned and closets will be cleared as the Marion Tree and Parks Committee and New Bedford’s Gifts to Give join forces for Marion’s 2014 Town-Wide Cleanup. To be held on Saturday, May 10 from 9 a.m. until noon, the Tree and Parks Committee and the Sippican Lands Trust are sponsoring the event.

From the rallying point at Marion’s Music Hall, participants will be provided with gloves and bags and then directed to designated locations to clear the trash and other debris left in winter’s wake. Families, students, Scouts and individual adults traditionally participate.

As a warm-up to the May 10 event, the students and faculty of Tabor Academy held a Community Service Day on April 9, with 100 students and faculty cleaning up areas along Route 105, County Road and Point Road. Litter collected on May 10 will be returned to the town’s bandstand to create the annual “trash mountain.”

In addition to the day’s focus on cleaning up the streets, cleaning out closets will also be on the agenda, as the nonprofit organization Gifts to Give collects gently used children’s items (clothes, books, toys, etc.) for distribution to deserving families throughout Southeastern Massachusetts. Items for donation can be brought that morning to Island Wharf Park.

Finally, to balance the morning’s hard work, the Sippican Lands Trust and Tree and Parks Committee will host an afternoon of fun, family activities at Washburn Park, from noon to 4 p.m. The event has something for everyone, including a performance by the Sippican School Band, Carabiners’ climbing wall, Toe Jam Puppet Band playing from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m., Handi Mani Face painting, Farm Animal petting zoo, a craft table using recyclable materials, Touch a Truck (kids can climb on) and a self guided story walk.

Through generous donations from area businesses and individuals, free food and drinks will be provided for the public.

A good time is guaranteed, and organizers hope community families will join in the fun, celebrate the arrival of spring and the beautiful town of Marion.