Sarah Steele (SGCAP President), Breanna, Arielle, Charley, and Brandon Caudill (SGCAP Ministerial Director)
Last Saturday, the White Willow girls joined forces with Seven Generations Community Action Project in an effort to clean up our town. Or, at least part of our town. We started at Woodland Park, which was relatively free of trash, so it wasn’t long before we were on our way to Town Branch Creek.
The whole group, except for Charley, the photographer.
Armed with gloves, trash pickers, trash bags, sunscreen, and lots and lots of drinking water, we made the slow trash crawl (to the tune of a ukelele!) from Woodland Park on High Street all the way to Town Branch Creek. The walk was less than two miles, but thanks to the thousands of cigarette butts littering the sidewalks (frowny face), it took us a few hours to complete the job.
Don’t worry, we took a break along the way!
Honestly, we had a blast. It was surprisingly peaceful to be unplugged for a few hours. The change of pace was noticeable and we couldn’t help but appreciate how nice it was to be outside, with old friends and new, just talking, walking, and picking up trash. By the end of the day we were ridiculously sweaty and tired, but quite pleased with ourselves for making Lexington a cleaner and more beautiful place.
We made it to Town Branch Creek! Photo by Cameron White
Photo by Cameron White
We’ll be doing this again soon! Be sure to “like” Seven Generations Community Action Project on Facebook so that you can join us next time.