The 2008 Boone Clean-Up Day offered just less than a ton of fun
for participants in the Sept. 20 event.
According to Boone Public Works, volunteers collected 126 garbage
and recycling bags full of trash, weighing in at 1,660 pounds
or .83 tons. The day was coordinated with the N.C. Fall Litter
Sweep, a statewide effort to reduce roadside trash between Sept.
20 and Oct. 4, and the town of Boone’s Adopt-A-Street and
Adopt-A-Stream programs.
Per tradition, the town also offered prizes for those who collected
the most unusual pieces of litter. First place and $100 went to
Pi Sigma Epsilon, members of which found a leather flask. Second
place and $50 went to Circle K of ASU, members of which collected
a bird’s nest built with pieces of plastic grocery bag. Third
place and $25 went to Gardenerettes Garden Club, members of which
found a homemade brandy jar, complete with leftover peaches.
Between both Boone Clean-Up Day and the Fall Litter Sweep, public
works estimates the total amount of collected litter at 2,076
pounds or 1.04 tons. “This was an awesome volunteer effort,
and I thank everyone,” Boone Adopt-A-Street/Stream program
coordinator Shannon Isaacs said in a press release.
Volunteers included: Catholic Campus Ministries, High Country
Press, Elisa Phillips, Boone Moose Lodge No. 1805, Rennie and
Lana Brantz, Physical Education Majors Club, Boone Sunrise Rotary
Club, Alliance Bible Fellowship, ASU Pan-Hellenic Council, Minority
Men’s Leadership, Jason and Shelby Reagan, Watauga High School
FBLA, Western Youth Network, Blue Ridge Garden Club, Boone Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship, ASU Risk Management and Insurance students,
Lovill House Inn, Speakeasy Tattoo Co., John and Bettie Bond,
James Hastings, Alec Hastings, Cailey Haas, Joan White, Order
of Black and Gold, Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Sigma Phi, Baha’i
Faith of Boone, Boone Service League, ASU Student Ambassadors,
Gardenerettes Garden Club, Chi Alpha Omega, ASU Math Club, Rotary
Club of Boone, Theta Chi, RBC Bank, Collins Family, Pi Sigma Epsilon,
Lisa Gross, Cub Scout Troop No. 194, Stephen Phillips, Circle
K of ASU, Watauga Opportunities, and Fred and Beverly Stahl.
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