Chapter Accomplishments
2001-2002
Fiscal Year Report Released
Thanks to our volunteers
and members we are making Indiana County a cleaner and greener community
- one bag of trash at a time. Highlighted below are our accomplishments
for fiscal year 2001-2002.
Adoption
Activities
151 volunteers dedicated 325 hours to removing 170 bags of trash, 7
bags of recyclable materials, 52 tires, and a refrigerator, kitchen
sink, muffler, fan, swing set, couch, and bicycle from 11 littered roads,
1 trail and 1 park through PA CleanWays of Indiana County’s rural road
adoption program.
Cleanup
Activities
87 volunteers dedicated 261 hours to removing 8.8 tons of trash from
11 littered roads and an illegal dumpsite during the 2nd Annual Watershed
Wide Cleanup of the Aultman Run Watershed.
2 volunteers dedicated 4 hours to removing 15 bags of trash from Hill
Drive in Burrell Township.
6 volunteers dedicated 18 hours to removing 1.13 tons of trash from
Barr Road in Green Township. 27 volunteers removed 18.3 tons of trash
and more than 40 tires from 2 illegal dumpsites in Green Township and
an illegal dumpsite in Armstrong Township in consultation with PA CleanWays
of Indiana County.
Using heavy equipment, 28.5 tons of trash and 42 tires were removed
from Spring Dump in Young Township. 7 youth groups participated in the
4th Annual Fugitive Tire Program removing 1,050 tires from woods, fields,
streams, and other out of the way locations in Indiana County. 8 local
tire companies donated the cost of tire disposal for this effort.
Beautification
Activities
10 groups planted 334 trees on public lands throughout Indiana County
through our tree banking program.
Educational
Activities
12 public presentations were made, and over 400 people were educated
about the PA CleanWays mission.
3 youth groups participated in the Illegal Dump Educational Tours and
learned about the history of waste while being encouraged to discuss
their personal experiences regarding littering and illegal dumping and
to think about how they could begin to solve the problems associated
with illegal dumping. 115 individuals tested their knowledge of decomposition
on the Litter IQ Board. 1,297 “Open Your Eyes to Litter” and 1,305 “Our
Littered Past” activity books were distributed to school children throughout
the county.
Many
thanks go out to our grantors, donors, partners and volunteers for making
Indiana County a cleaner place.
This page last updated:
April 11, 2003
