Toronto, July 31 – Volunteers with OneToronto.ca welcomed the news that an agreement has been reached between the City of Toronto’s and its workers.

During the dispute, OneToronto.ca volunteers organized community clean-ups on nine separate occasions to clean up dozens and dozens of hot spots. These efforts amounted to over 1,000 volunteer hours of clean-up. They were joined in their efforts by many community leaders and elected officials, including MPPs George Smitherman, Laura Albanese, and David Zimmer, Councillors Ootes, Nunziata, Thompson, Trustee Rob Davis and John Tory.

In addition to the mass clean-up squads organized by OneToronto.ca, residents from across Toronto made use of the OneToronto.ca website to post hotspots and organize their own efforts to keep Toronto beautiful.

“With the end of the labour dispute, we are laying down our brooms but not our love for Toronto,” said Smitherman. “Over these past few weeks, we saw an amazing demonstration of civic pride as people came together to donate their time and effort to help keep our city beautiful for all our residents and visitors”

The OneToronto.ca initiative is a grassroots movement of Toronto residents who came together to help keep Toronto clean during the recent municipal strike. Hundreds of volunteers, donating more than 1,000 hours, joined together to identify and clean dozens of hotspots in locations throughout the city.

For further information: Erika Mozes - Email: OneToronto.ca@gmail.com