Annual Community Cleanup

Friday, June 11th was a hot and sunny day...the perfect weather for our annual community cleanup! Instead of cleaning around the Joggins area, as we did last year, we decided to focus our attention on the River Hebert area. We had five staff members from the Joggins Fossil Centre team up with 5 classes from the River Hebert Elementary School. Equipped with rubber gloves and garbage bags supplied by the Joggins Fossil Institute, the groups picked up garbage from the bottom of Beach Hill to the bridge, up and around Pit Road, and all the side streets along the way.

After the groups arrived back at the school, brown bag lunches prepared by the Joggins Fossil Institute were handed out to the students and to anyone who helped in the cleanup effort. Mr. Berry volunteered to collect and dispose of the 32 bags of garbage, which consisted mostly of coffee cups and cigarette cartons, from the side of the road that were produced by the cleanup.

The Joggins Fossil Institute would like to thank Mr. Brian Carter of the River Hebert Highway Garage for setting up orange flags and road signs indicating to motorists that a community cleanup was in progress. Brian also supplied orange vests for the event. We would also like to say thanks to Mr. Berry for collecting and disposing of the garbage. Everyone involved had a great time and the Joggins Fossil Institute would like to thank all the students from the River Hebert Elementary School who participated in this important event aimed at making our community a cleaner place to live.

So far, we’ve been able to make Joggins and River Hebert cleaner communities through our annual cleanup efforts. Where should we focus our community cleanup next year?