I DID SOMETHING I'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE!

 

Today, I did something I've never done before . . . I picked up trash during my lunch hour!  

When I drove to the Circle K to get my coffee yesterday, I noticed the Wilbeth-Arlington corner was all trashed up again.  I worked so hard cleaning that on Saturday!  Two days later, it's all trashed up again?  How is that even possible?

So I hurried up and drove over today at noon.  It only took me 36 minutes to pick up 641 pieces of trash here! 

Maybe I'll do this more often.  It was refreshing!  And I made a difference in just a half hour. 

Now it's all clean.  And I got back home with time left to eat lunch before I going back to work.

I saw more trash by the sidewalk yesterday, and I think some of it blew across the parking lot and stopped at the building.

But then I saw the trash can was overflowing!  No wonder there's trash all over!  People try to throw stuff away properly, but if the trash cans are not emptied, they just toss it on the ground.

If the manager or an employee would go outside for just five minutes a day, the trash would not pile up.  Why wouldn't anyone want to go outside and enjoy the fresh air on a day like today? 

I find a lot of silverware.  

Earlier this month, I decided to start saving them.  I save all the nails, screws, bolts and knives I find.  Why not silverware?

Let's see how long it takes to fill up my jar.  

I'm guessing I would have filled my jar many times had I been saving the silverware from the beginning.

A friend texted me earlier today and said he has a friend who wants to pick up trash around the Akron Zoo, on the west side of Akron.  He asked if I had a trash grabber he could have.

DO I HAVE TRASH GRABBERS?  

I told him I would leave a brand new trash grabber, a brand new bucket and a brand new pair of cut-resistant gloves on my front porch.  He just stopped by and picked them up.  I am thrilled to welcome another helper to my team!