On behalf of the Broad Rock Baptist Church Youth Ministry, I want to say thank you for the opportunity to participate in the adopt a highway program. The youth enjoyed the experience! We are looking forward to many more cleanups!
The Lovettsville Cooperative Market is now the sponsor of the Lovettsville Community Garden. The garden was closed for a few seasons and is now ready to go. There are 9 plots rented by Lovettsville residents as well as a flower garden with a combination of annuals and perennials. A new sign was recently installed by our 8 and 12 year old garden plot renters.
Sully Democrats, located in Chantilly met recently to complete their Spring litter clean up for the Adopt a Highway program. Three couples met and maintained social distancing protocols while conducting the cleanup, which was a bit lighter than usual, no doubt because of decreased traffic. One new category of litter noted: sanitizing items such as wipes, gloves, etc. We’ll be back in the Fall
Los De Siempre performing our Fall cleaning in Fairfax County. We’re proud to be the first Hispanic group volunteering to keep our roads beautiful. We strongly believe in teaching by example, and we hope this is a good start to let our community know that getting involved with activities that help our environment can not only be rewarding, but fun. In the picture: Oscar Silva, Roosevelt Vidal, Erika Silva, Maribel Flores, Vicky Mariscal, Noemi Vincentty, Miguel Toro, Antonio Daza and Nancy Rojas. (Thanks also to Daisy Mendieta for being the responsible one for picking up and dropping off the signs)
Miller Heights Neighborhood partnered with Oakton High School Environmental Club & Clean Fairfax for today’s trash cleanup #LitterFreeVA #keepVaBeautiful. This is our 2nd cleanup in 2019 so we’re eligible for 2 Adopt a Highway signs. We found a tire, a string of holiday lights, plastic bags, styrofoam, cans, plastic bottles, broken glass, balls, broken plates, a fork,…
Los De Siempre. Proud of being a Hispanic group of volunteers adopting a road in Fairfax. We believe in teaching by example. Our community and children need to know about the importance of getting involved with keeping our Virginia Beautiful. In the picture: Oscar Silva, Roosevelt Vidal, Erika Silva, Maribel Flores, Vicky Mariscal, Noemi Vincentty, Miguel Toro, Antonio Daza and Nancy Rojas.
Springfield VFW Post 7327 completed our clean-up of our assigned area of the Franconia-Springfield Parkway on Saturday 19 October 2019. We collected approximately 30+ bags of trash as well as some other large objects.
I attached photos of our volunteer group consisting of VFW members and the West Springfield High School Boys Varsity Lacrosse team and photos of the trash we collected.
We are proud of our new Nature Love Garden at the Dickenson County Chamber/Visitor Center. It has made a beautiful place for visitors to sit and enjoy the garden and the new LOVEworks sign. We had volunteers come from SWVA Community College, Ridgeview High School, Chamber board and Tourism committee members to clean up the area and plant the garden. Come spring, we should have over 100 flower bulbs popping up in our garden. Thanks to Keep Virginia Beautiful for the grant funding to do this project.