| This year's event was a huge success! EMD extends a big thank you to all those volunteers that came out to clean the LANDINGS subdivision. This abandoned subdivision has become a hot spot for illegal dumping. The volunteers cleaned an incredible 2,100 lbs of illegally dumped waste. We collected everything from sofas, televisions, vacuum cleaners to regular household waste. EMD wishes to extend a heart-filled thank you to Girl Scout Troop 1324 for being our biggest supporters. These girls have helped clean the Tangipahoa River area for 4 years, now! Betsey Garrety, who is the leader for Troop 1324 has done an outstanding job modeling good citizen behavior. Thanks, Betsey, for being such a good teacher and leader. EMD also wishes to thank our new participants from AYUSA and their regional director, Kathy Estes. Kathy brought 5 exchange students from Germany to help us collect litter. Thank you, Kathy, and welcome to EMD's pool of responsible community leaders. And, a big thanks to Leslie Dubroc for coming out to help and for being a host family. We need more people like you to help keep Louisiana a safe and beautiful resource. That's not all. EMD thanks Leah Latiolais from the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation for helping us collect litter, bring a volunteer form SLU's Master's Degree Program in environmental studies, providing EMD with guidance and for being on the front lines of the litter remediation effort. JoAnn Burke of LPBF has also been instrumental in assisting EMD with their annual picnics. Without these two women, EMD would still be trying to figure out how to host a successful litter clean up event. Last, but not least, EMD wants to thank Jared Price and his son and brother for coming out to help. I met Jared at a Keep Hammond Beautiful event, and he took the time to come and help EMD on the same day that KHB had a clean up. Thank you! And, thanks to Celeste Allison and Jonathan Pitt of Metairie. Celeste is a return volunteer, and this was Jonathan's first year. Without your help, we couldn't have collected that much litter. |
2009 Beach Sweep
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