Results of Volunteer Efforts in Mifflin County for 2006
The
chapter helped to organize five successful illegal dump cleanups during
the year, resulting in over 9 tons of trash being removed from illegal
dumpsites in Wayne, Granville, Decatur, Oliver, and Kish Creek Burnham
areas. Collectively, 111 volunteers helped with the cleanups. Without
the support of volunteers and in-kind donations of everything from water
for the volunteers to landfill space, none of these cleanups would have
been possible.
Also
through their chapter's roadside litter pickups, 69 pounds of aluminum
cans were recycled.
On September 23,
2006, PA CleanWays of Mifflin County and PA CleanWays of Huntingdon
County held a friendly "Tire Wars" competition between chapters
to see who could collect the most tires at a tire collection event.
Each group publicized and staged their own event. PA CleanWays of Mifflin
County collected 186 tires and PA CleanWays of Huntingdon County collected
446 tires. The groups have established the "Gold Rim Award,"
which the Huntingdon Chapter is now proudly displaying. Both of these
groups will face off again in 2007 to see who will be the keeper of
the coveted "Gold Rim Award" for another year.
The chapter's education
efforts continued to grow in 2006, reaching out to four pre-schools,
two church groups, and many folks at the Wayne Township Fair. At the
fair, 130 people tested their litter IQ on PA CleanWays fun, interactive
Litter IQ Board. They also shared the message of a cleaner environment
with over 500 kids at Kid Connection in Lewistown in the spring. And
more than 550 students at the Mount Union Kistler Elementary School
received Open Your Eyes to Litter booklets to take home and share with
their families.
In addition to the
tremendous amount of work the chapter volunteers did to clean up Mifflin
County and educate people about the consequences of illegal dumping,
they also found the time to hold a car wash and sell hoagies to help
offset some of their event expenses.
To wind up 2006, the chapter participated in Lewistown's Festival of
Trees during the Ice Festival in December. With the combined efforts
of many talented and creative individuals, the chapter created a Recycle
Tree made from things we all can find at home, to help explain the importance
of why we should all remember to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. The success
of this first-time project for the chapter has the group eagerly planning
and looking forward to a new environmental tree creation for this event
in 2007.
