Triad Geocachers (Piedmont NC) CITO Event

[+honeychile]

Triad Geocachers (in Piedmont North Carolina) held their first CITO event on April 26, 2003. People from several cities (Winston-Salem, Raleigh, Burlington, Ashboro, Pfafftown, High Point, and Greensboro) converged to give a helping hand to a newly developed park. We're not talking plain ole litter here -- this was an illegal dumping area, full of the nastiest kind of trash imaginable (including dirty diapers and syringes).

 

What a change our efforts made! In a relatively short period of time, the mess was bagged and hauled off to the dumpster.

 

 

Because it was dumping (as opposed to regular litter), we came prepared with rakes, shovels, and wheelbarrows, along with trashbags. We filled the truck with bags over the cab!

 

But the pleasure was all ours. How often do we get to invest a little sweat in something that really matters? The crowning part of the event was after we had picked up and raked, a small box turtle emerged to scope out the new, cleaner landscape! We cheered to see evidence that the natural environment in that area will be able to quickly recover if the dumping can be stopped.

 

 

[This message was edited by honeychile on May 03, 2003 at 05:04 AM.]

[+honeychile]

Yesterday, I received the following letter from the Director of Parks for the Beeson Road Park, where we worked so hard last weekend:

 

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April 28, 2003

 

Dear Vicky,

 

I want to sincerely thank you and all the volunteers you brought to

Kernersville last weekend. I really cannot put into words my

appreciation for your efforts at Beeson Park.

 

We are working in conjunction with the Kernersville Police Department

to correct the dumping problem at Beeson Park. Still, for every bad

in the community, there is a good. And the Triad Geocachers is the

good.

 

We started an "Adopt a Park" program about a year ago. We have a

couple of committed groupsthat have jumped in and done tremendous

work to help us out. If the Triad Geocachers would like to adopt one

of ur parks, we would love your help. John Edwards, our Landscape

Specialist, coordinates the program. His number is 996-7489.

 

Once again, thank you for all your efforts.

 

Sincerely,

 

Jim Pryor, Director

Kernersville Parks & Recreation

 

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Good job, Triad Geocachers!