Last weekend we went out for a walk to fulfill our commitment to pick up garbage in the community for earth Day. We were all kind of dragging and didn't really want to do it, but we new we had to. So we decided to walk down the alley behind our house to the gas station and pick up garbage along the way. We were AMAZED at how much garbage there actually was. We filled up a couple bags in that little stretch. When we got closer to the highway a woman who was outside with her husband and dog stopped us to ask what we were doing because she had noticed the bags of garbage. We explained the project to her and she got very excited. She explained to us that they had just purchased the house we were standing by, which was near the theatre. She told us that since they had moved in she could not believe the amount of garbage. Apparently most of it was waste products from the theatre ( pop cups, popcorn containers, etc.) After discussing it with the people there she was told they did not feel responsible for the garbage, so she had been making efforts every day to clean it up. She was so genuinely appreciative and excited about our participation and we told her we'd be back the next day to clean up again (which we did). So not only did we complete our project, we discovered that although it may seem like an insignificant effort, it did truly make a difference in someone's life.
~ Devan and Dylan Tessmer
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