Reminder: D.C. Still Needs Volunteers To Help Shovel Snow For Seniors And Residents With Disabilities

While you're busy shoveling yourself out from mountains of snowmountains, I say!here's a friendly reminder that not all D.C. residents are capable of shoveling snow from their sidewalks and around their property.

As you probably know, it's D.C. law for property owners (residential and commercial) to keep their sidewalks, and other public areas around their property, clear of snow within eight hours after snowfall*. However, not all District residentsparticularly senior citizens and disabled residentsare able to do that. As such, the D.C. government looks to volunteers to join the Citizen Snow Team to help shovel snow.

"We are still in need of volunteers to shovel walkways for seniors and individuals with functional and access needs," Clarence Fluker, Communications and Special Initiatives Director for Serve DC, tells DCist in an email. "There is still a high demand for volunteers in Wards 4 and 7."

If you register to help out, which you can do here, Serve DC will match you based on proximity to those in need, so you won't have to travel too far from home.

*Note: While Serve DC's website says that "the District requires property owners (residential and commercial) to clear the sidewalks surrounding their property within 24 hours after a snowfall," the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency's website says that "D.C. law requires residents to remove snow from sidewalks and steps within eight hours of daylight after the snow stops."

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Reminder: D.C. Still Needs Volunteers To Help Shovel Snow For Seniors And Residents With Disabilities