This morning, instead of the usual walk with my dog, I headed over to The Muse on Surfside Road to volunteer with the Nantucket Clean Team. There I met Bill Connell and some of the other volunteers. Our mission that day, to clean up Surfside Rd. and beach. (Meanwhile another group was busy in town doing the same.)
After getting my instructions, I donned my blue gloves, took my paper "recycling" bag, and my plastic "trash" bag, and headed off to my assigned area, Surfside Rd. from The Muse to the high school and to "please pick up the sand chair sitting on the school lawn."
An hour later, both sides of Surfside Rd. were noticeably cleaner (if I do say so myself) as we headed back to The Muse. Next, everyone sorted their recyclables by number for easy recycling at the Madaket dump. And the mountain of trash was considerable. The Gray Lady looked great, just in time for Figawi Weekend.
Happy Memorial Day.
2 comments:
Hi Susan!
Ran across your post in Mompack and wanted to check out your blog. I was so touched by this beach clean-up post that I immediately looked up volunteer beach clean up projects in my area and have now signed up my 8 year old son and I to help clean up the beach we frequent! Thank you so much for being such an inspiration!!
Lisa Verde
Kidcessory Haven
Thank you for checking out my blog and I'm thrilled this post motivated you to find a local clean-up to join!
If we each do a little, we can really make a difference!
Susan
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