A HUGE thank you, once again, to longtime resident Joan Stephens for marshaling the Green Up Day troops to make Woodbridge Condo property the spiffiest it is all year.
Participants this year included: Jaskaren from Pine Meadow apartments; Vishal and Shavali, Asa, Joey, Martin, Anna, and Cassidy, plus Tricia and Joan from Woodbridge Condo Association.
Beginning at 9 am with the first photo shoot, gloves and special green bag handout, the troops hit all the areas that have accumulated trash. Since it is rare that anything gets picked up in the intervening 12 months, the Trash gets pretty dang excited to finally be noticed and going somewhere new, other than under the brush, down the ravine, around the dumpsters, and in people's lawns and flower beds.
Just before loading the truck, Joan & the Green Up crew posed for an "after" picture among the piles of neon-green bags & other cast-offs. Kids got to pick a special toy treat (or 2) from the collection Joan provided. Look for the 2010 photos on the board near the mailboxes soon.
Thank you to Craig for the loan of his pickup too. With it we made 3 runs to Otter Creek Brewery where the Trash (and some not-so-trashy items that can be used again by someone, somewhere) found a new home. Believe it or not, WCA took up most of the space in the walk-in dumpster! Nearly everyone went along for the ride or hike over to OCB to grab a freshly-grilled burger and a SOFT drink. We all straggled home by 2 pm, satisfied by a job well done. We are sure the residents of both Woodbridge and Pine Meadow appreciate the hard work this crew did.
Let's try to keep it spiffy for as long as we can.
