EARTH club has a plan to make Charleston a little more appealing by cleaning the town branch and Kiwanis Park.

The town branch is a stream running east to west through Charleston parallel to Harrison Ave. that eventually connects with larger streams farther east. It comes into the town from a man-made farm field drainage channel and has at least one designated historical bridge across it, said Kathy Bower, a geology professor and EARTH’s adviser in an e-mail.

On Saturday, April 20, about 10 members of EARTH, a Recognized Student Organization, plan to clean a section of the town branch and hope to gather other students in their efforts.

“We want as many students as possible to participate,” said Courtney Farrell, a junior business major and EARTH member. “It is a nice opportunity to make Charleston cleaner, people can earn service hours and it will be a fun time.”

EARTH has invited other groups like the Green Party to participate in the cleanup, but it is an opportunity for any student to get involved or earn service hours, Farrell said.

“We want to help make Charleston cleaner and do something that will help out the community,” Farrell said. “It has been an ignored issue for a long time and we want it to stay clean in the future.”

The stream travels on the north side of Kiwanis Park where the students will be cleaning litter, cinder blocks, compost and other garbage that has piled along the banks, according to the e-mail.

Kiwanis Park is a popular city park near Fourth Street with small soccer fields, kids’ playground equipment, an outdoor music amphitheater and snow sledding, Farrell said.

EARTH will be holding a meeting at Coffee Express at 8 p.m. on Wednesday for anyone interested in participating in the cleanup. Interested students also can contact Melissa Nielsen or Farrell.