As the saying goes, “It takes a village … “
A volunteer crew made up of hard working locals who cherish the Pend d’Oreille valley is asking the community for their muscle this weekend to help clean up a whole lot of garbage and junk abandoned on this verdant, bio-diverse landscape.
The clean up goes Saturday, Dec. 2.
Helpers are asked to meet at Scrap King at 9 a.m.
For those who miss the meet-up time, organizers ask you to head to the Nelway border entrance to the Pend d’Oreille and follow the signs to the crane site/burnt out bridge by the water.
Volunteers put hours into planning this clean-up.
Organizers say this couldn’t happen with the help of:
* Chris Sutherland from Sutherland Group Enterprises/SUTCO/Brooklyn Barge;
* Lance Cochran for bringing a low bed truck and excavator, garbage on his dime;
* Summit Truck and Equipment for cutting discs, leather gloves, 200 hundred latex gloves and a box of heavy duty garbage bags;
* AM Ford in Trail for fronting the dump bill to get this done;
* Hans Cunningham from RDCK, Mayor Diana Lockwood and Jessica from the Village of Salmo for moving this forward;
* RDCK board to reimburse the dump fee;
* Kurtis MacGillivray NoFrills Trail for donating beverages, hotdogs and chips to the helpers.
* Darelyn Stuart for organizing this clean up and hours on the phones coordinating with others.
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People power is still needed.
Also needed are trucks, trailers, generators, extension cords, grinders,gloves, garbage bags,shovels and rakes.
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Can you help?
For more info click here: Clean up the Pondy
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