Various area cleanups were held in honor of Earth Day last weekend, with roadside cleans ups in Chadds Ford and Pocopson townships and the 16 annual clean up of the Brandywine Creek by the Young Friends of the Brandywine.
Kathy Freney Smith, Young Friends coordinator said there were more than 80 participants Saturday cleaning an area of the creek from the Brandywine Picnic Park at Route 52 down to Thompsons Bridge Road in Delaware.
They collected 1.17 tons of trash, including 8 tires, a laptop, a children's slide, lots of sporting equipment, and a propane tank.
Smith said she’s glad there were so many volunteers, but would like to see something even larger take place. She said she’s like every group that cleans portions of the Brandywine to all come out on the same day and clean the entire creek area from Honey Brook in Chester County -- along both east and west branches – and all the way down to the Christina River in Delaware.
About Rich Schwartzman
Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
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It’s great to see people taking the health of the environment into their own hands.
1.17 tons of trash…wow