This is a printer-friendly version of an article from Zip06.com.

04/29/2015 01:30 PM

Ace Hardware Teams Up with Clinton’s Pretty Committee


Members of the Pretty Committee recently gathered to thank Todd Steward of Steward’s Ace Hardware. From left are (back row) Alyson Roberts, Dolly Mezzetti, Lee Stec, Diane Squier, Tom Welch, Sandy Allen, Steward, Linda Beavers, Harriet Juel, Donna Marcinek, Carolyn Berlepsch, Dorise Alfiero; (front) Sue Barr, Jessica Demers, and Jane Scully Welch. @SPN Cut credit:Photo courtesy of Jane Scully Welch

The Pretty Committee has a busy spring ahead. Members are about to start a clean up of the Commerce Street Green and doing what they do each year, working to clean up town by picking up trash along the roads, working on various projects, and tending to the trademark yellow bikes welcoming people to town, the library, and the Green downtown.

The Pretty Committee members form a lively group of women (with a few men who do indeed help out). The committee is always looking for younger Clintonians to join for two hours a couple of times a month. Members also find that, due to lack of funds, they spend a lot of their own money for things—especially Christmas decorations, mulch, plantings, and more.

Todd Steward of Clinton’s Steward’s Ace Hardware approached the Pretty Committee to see how he could he. He set up an account with $500 dollars in it so now when the committee needs supplies, members can just go in and get them at Ace Hardware. As always, residents can look for Pretty Committee members working around town in their yellow shirts, but now they’ll also be carrying Ace Hardware pails for picking up trash and cigarette butts.