| Keeping Garland Beautiful, one day at a time |
Yesterday I had an opportunity to help keep my wonderful city beautiful. With me were 5 scouts and another Scoutmaster, Tom Salinas.
We had a great time and collected bags of trash along the way! We even met up with another youth organization, Garland Youth Council (http://www.garlandyouthcouncil.org) that I did not know exist.
During our trash pickup, we discovered several things including: shopping carts in the creek, dead raccoons (a favorite), beverage containers, paper, plastic bags, a cape and a vehicle side mirror. While we were there, Armando, Martin and Gerald all fell in love with Frisbee golf.
Working hard, a reporter came by and captured us in action. You can read the write-up here: http://www.aroundgarland.com/city.cfm?article=1338 and you can see some of the pictures here: http://www.aroundgarland.com/photoalbum.cfm?id=1338.
After the event we all had hot dogs, drinks and chips. We also entered for door prizes and guessed at how many storm drains were in the City of Garland (ask anyone who when if you think you know the answer). Hint: 10,001 (my guess) was too high.
Lastly, a special shout out to:
1. Cub Scout Pack 276, for collecting the most bags,
2. Garland Water Department for the cool pens and notebooks
3. The Girls Scout Troop (100 I think) who saved 2 new kittens
I had a great time and I would like to thank the boys for helping and Scout Master Salinas for leading this event.
Scout Master Saye
Submitted by: ksaye on Apr 15 2012
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