“What do we want?”
“Garbage!”
“When do we want it?”
“Now!”

Clean-Up Group
Yes, the 26 students, staff and faculty who participated in Parkland Reads’ College Clean-Up - Part 2 were indeed hungry for garbage. Wearing fashion-forward lime, reflective vests and gloves, adrenalin coursing through their veins, they broke into five groups and energetically covered the inside of the College. Within 45 minutes, all groups had returned, bearing small bags of trash and much larger bags of recyclables. It was particularly noteworthy that the ratio of recyclables found to trash was about 7 to 1. Many, many pop bottles and quite a lot of paper and cardboard were the bulk of the recyclables.

Trash and recyclables
After the clean-up, a drawing was held to give away 4 copies of Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash. The happy winners are shown below.

Many thanks to everyone who participated and supported this endeavor. A special thank you to Marsha Reardon for helping to organize and promote both College Clean-Ups. If you are interested in finding out about other volunteer opportunities at Parkland, please contact her at 353-3302 or mreardon@parkland.edu.
Next semester we’re hoping to do more clean-ups, so stay tuned for details!
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