As Pigtown grapples with used needles, a resident teams up with women s center to clean up parts of the community – Baltimore Sun baltimoresun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from baltimoresun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Pigtown and the nonprofit Sex workers, Promoting Action, Risk reduction and Community mobilization (SPARC) Women’s Center will find locations in Pigtown that need needle disposal bins based on community feedback as well as install the bins – which will have educational brochures about how to properly dispose syringes and what the bins are used for, said Edwards. SPARC, which already does needle cleanup in the neighborhood, will oversee ongoing maintenance of the bins, including disposing of the needles properly.