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September 8, 2010

Make it shine

Everyone needs to do their part to clean up our environment

Sherrie’s Sweep is almost upon us again and there is nothing that would make “The Trash Lady” happier than for everyone to do his or her own part in cleaning up the environment.

Of course, Sherrie Hunter and the hundreds of others who sign up to participate in the annual litter sweep would love for you to join them during the weekend of Sept. 24-25. It’s great to come together and do something fantastic for the communities we live and work in.

But you don’t need to and shouldn’t wait until then because it is actually all about being cognizant of the responsibility all the time.

Wonderful news came from the National Park Service just a few days ago. Joined by many friends of the park, more than 1,500 tires were removed from the New River this summer.

That figure is a little mind-boggling — first in that there are that many tires polluting this national waterway, and second, that we’ve got enough people out there concerned enough to be fishing them out.

In addition, another 750 large bags of trash were also collected during the cleanup effort in and around the New.

During the upcoming sweep we’ll hear the stories about how many more tons of litter and debris that will be cleaned up and cleared from roads, streams and hillsides.

Please sign up and volunteer. You can do so by contacting the Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce at 304-252-7328, 1-877-987-3847 or via e-mail at chamber@brccc.com.

If you can’t make it for the actual sweep itself just walk out into your own yard or down the street and pick up any litter you see. It takes but a few minutes and the results — making our environment shine — are important.

Lead by example, do your part, make a difference.

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