April 21, 2006

Kathleen DelaCruz, Sandy Mach, and Chan Pham with CSF (California Scholarship Federation) and Jacklyn Huynh and Joanna Huynh from the Evergreen High School Key Club clean up Tully Road as part of the District 8 Great American Litter Pickup. Photo by Jeff Frazee

Volunteers lend a hand during the Great American
Litter Pickup at LeyVa Middle School

The office of District 8 Council member Dave Cortese and numerous Evergreen volunteers pitched in to keep Evergreen clean during the Great American Litter Pickup on April 8. The annual event, which is celebrated nationally as the Great American Cleanup, was held at LeyVa Middle School. Along with the three-hour session of picking up litter to keep the school clean, volunteers were treated breakfast and lunch.

Last year, 2.4 million volunteers across the country collected a record breaking 208 million pounds of litter and debris; planted 4.2 million flowers and bulbs; cleaned 176 miles or roads, streets and highways; and cleaned 10,250 miles of rivers, lakes and shorelines.