Necedah High School and Middle School Students Clean Up the Community On Earth Day

by Carney Lentz

Monty Brink, assistant forest administrator, gave students
directions before turning them lose to clean up at
Juneau County Wilderness Park.  -photo by Carney Lentz

On April 22 Necedah Middle and High School marked Earth Day by putting in an afternoon of community service.  High school students were divided between Castle Rock State Park, Wilderness State Park, and The Necedah National Wildlife Refuge, while the middle school picked up garbage in the Village of Necedah.

High school students were able to work at a variety of jobs including raking, placing campfire rings, stacking wood, picking up garbage, gathering twigs and branches knocked down by the wind, clearing around playground equipment, and sweeping.

One of many tasks students helped with was raking the leaves
around campsites at various state parks.
-photo by Carney Lentz

The middle school students walked through town and gathered up all of the litter they could see and reach.  By the end of the day they had two truck loads of garbage.

Mark Becker, Necedah Middle/High School principal, said that he had received several phone calls from community members pleased with the students’ efforts.

Zach Saunders, John Olson, and Isaiah Dutscheck were part of
the crew that stacked firewood at Juneau County Wilderness
Park.  -photo by Carney Lentz

County park workers, students, and teachers worked together
to help tidy up the area.  -photo by Carney Lentz

All of the beautiful shore lines in our
county parks also needed some
attention to address the litter
left behind.  -photo by Carney Lentz

In addition to clearing the leaves from around the campsites,
there were a lot of stick, twigs, and branches that needed to
be picked up.  -photo by Carney Lentz

Eli Zavala rakes leaves at Wilderness County Park.
-photo by Carney Lentz