If the roadside looks a little cleaner today you can Thank the 14 participants in this year’s Annual Andover Lake Litter Walk. On a beautiful Saturday morning (April 25, 2009) Andover Lake residents took to the streets with garden gloves, plastic bags, litter picking tools and their neighborhood community pride. Starting at the dam and working the roadway on both sides of the lake it only took 1 hour to clear the neighborhood of the litter collected over the winter months. Local resident Rene Dube was on hand with his truck to haul the collected litter to the Town Transfer Station. The Town crew swept the streets of winter sand the day before. So with sand and litter gone the flowering forthisia and daffodils looks spectacular!
It was commented by several of the “regular” litter walkers that this year’s “litter collection” was the smallest ever …. And that’s a good thing! I hope that means residents are getting the idea that litter doesn’t belong on the roadside. It is also recognized that doing a litter walk once a year won’t keep the neighborhood litter free. Several neighbors do regular litter walks all year round. With the bridge over the dam it makes walking around the lake a great 3 mile walk. Many residents can be seen walking each evening after work or on weekends walking with their dogs, kids in strollers or on bikes or with a friend. Consider taking a plastic bag when you walk and help keep our neighborhood looking as good as it does today all summer long.
Attached here are pictures of a few of the Litter Walkers. Please consider joining the group in April of 2010 when once again we will hit the streets looking for the remains of our local litter bugs.
It was commented by several of the “regular” litter walkers that this year’s “litter collection” was the smallest ever …. And that’s a good thing! I hope that means residents are getting the idea that litter doesn’t belong on the roadside. It is also recognized that doing a litter walk once a year won’t keep the neighborhood litter free. Several neighbors do regular litter walks all year round. With the bridge over the dam it makes walking around the lake a great 3 mile walk. Many residents can be seen walking each evening after work or on weekends walking with their dogs, kids in strollers or on bikes or with a friend. Consider taking a plastic bag when you walk and help keep our neighborhood looking as good as it does today all summer long.
Attached here are pictures of a few of the Litter Walkers. Please consider joining the group in April of 2010 when once again we will hit the streets looking for the remains of our local litter bugs.
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