giles county clean up day
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GILES COUNTY CLEAN
UP DAY
A L E X E A T O N
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PURPOSE
The purpose of the Giles County Clean Up Day is pretty self-explanatory.
Each year, usually the last Saturday in the month of March, Giles
County, Virginia hosts a Clean Up Day to clean up loose trash along the
sides of the highway and roads, the New River, and leaves the bags
along the side of the road for the Highway Commission to collect over
the weekend. Students and teachers mostly comprise those who
participate in the Clean Up Day. For students in the National Honor
Society, such as myself, the Clean Up Day is a mandatory activity to
earn semester service hours.
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PEARISBURGPearisburg is where most
of the clean up day
takes place. There are
many homes adjacent to
the highway, as well as
Giles High School and
Wal-Mart, where most of
the trash is tossed from
cars and people passing
by.
RIPPLEMEADJust past Pearisburg is
Ripplemead, a small
community with several
homes and one major
auto parts business.
This is where I worked
mostly this past spring
but mostly just small
pieces of paper and
plastic are what is
found.
AREAS
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PEMBROKEThere are numerous
businesses in Pembroke, Virginia, and it is also the farthest area that people travel when collecting garbage on Clean Up Day. It is about ten minutes by automobile from the high school, where everyone meets before collecting trash.
NEW RIVER VALLEY
The New River Valley is technically the entire area that surrounds the towns that have been mentioned thus far that are cleaned up on Clean Up Day. However, I think of the NRV as the areas bordering the New River that need desperately to be cleaned so as not to pollute the river.
AREAS (CONTINUED)
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EFFECTS OF CLEAN UP
The effects of the Giles County Clean Up Day are extremely positive to not
only the environment, but to the participants as well. When students
and teachers clean in groups, they tend to talk and keep their minds
occupied while cleaning, which can help groups gather more trash as
well as make the time seem to pass faster. Though there are many
positive effects of the clean up, there are a few negative effects as well.
For example, if the Clean Up Day falls on a day in which it is damp
and/or rainy outside, people could get sick afterwards. Also, since there
are many glass bottles and aluminum cans on the ground, people could
cut accidentally cut themselves, which could cause infections if not
cleaned and treated immediately. However, the positive effects of the
Clean up Day outweigh the negative effects, which is why the Clean Up
Day is an annual success.
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AFTER THE CLEAN UP DAY
Students and teachers are invited to gather at the King Johnson high
school shelter at lunchtime after the Clean Up Day. Most students
attend this event since free pizza and drinks are supplied as a reward
for the work done during the day. There is also a raffle that is done at
the end in which students can win free t-shirts, free admission to local
pools in the summer, and free tickets to various community events.
Most importantly, students can feel a sense of satisfaction and worth
from helping benefit their community by ridding the town of harmful
pollutants and debris which helps greatly in the sustainability of the
welfare of Giles County.