On Saturday, September 19, Environmental Director Charlene Higgins (Hamburg, NY 14075) and six members of her environmental club participated in the Ocean Conservancy’s annual International Coastal Cleanup.
Consisting of three fellow high school seniors, one teacher, and two elementary school children, Charlene’s group cleaned up litter and debris along Lake Erie at Hamburg Town Beach.
“We filled five bags of garbage and one bag of recyclables,” Charlene stated in an e-mail to us. She and her six volunteer participants also collected multiple large items during the event including piping and various other building materials.
Although there were many volunteers from other youth service groups participating in the annual event, Charlene and her team were the only representatives from the Clean World Movement- and they did an outstanding job! We are very proud of her group’s success, and thank them for taking part in such an important event.
For her next major activity, Charlene and members of her environmental club plan to participate in an area-wide tree-planting event called Re-Tree Western NY. We can’t wait to hear about the details and will be sure to post another Blog about her accomplishments.
Thanks again, Charlene, and keep up the great work!
