2002 West Perth Spring Clean-Up

The 2nd annual Clean-Up event sponsored by the West Perth Energy & Environment Committee took place, in conjunction with Earth Week, on Saturday April 20th. The day's activities were organized by West Perth Energy & Environment Committee member Patty Kehl. The main thrust was to clean-up along the banks of the Thames River. This year's event as well as last year's was conducted in cooperation with N.O.A.H. (Natural Outdoor Activity Heritage) Conservation Club and through the efforts of N.O.A.H., we have been able to provide garbage bags, work gloves and water bottles for all participants for each of our two clean-up events.

All the volunteers were provided with a barbeque lunch at noon. The Municipality of West Perth provided the hamburgers and bottled water while Valumart supplied the wieners, buns and condiments. White milk, chocolate milk and cheese stick snacks were provided by Parmalat. Helen Hill, Patty Kehl, Linda Jones and Gerry Kehl prepared the food for well over 60 volunteers.

All participants had the opportunity to place their name in a draw for gifts, generously donated, and the winners of the local prizes were:

Winner	Prize	Donated by
David Baker	Fishing Pole	Faust Hardware
Tristan Baker-Scala	Hutchy's Gift Certificate	Hutchy's Grill
Don Jones	WPTNT t-shirt	W.P. Energy & Environment
Caelan Baker-Scala	Bird House	Bill French
Helen Hill	Hutchy's Gift Certificate	Hutchy's Grill
Debbie Schnurr	Composter	Municipality of West Perth
Ryan Simpson	Hutchy's Gift Certificate	Hutchy's Grill
Diane Boudreau-Lepp	Bird House	Bill French

Also, all volunteers names were registered in a draw for a "Nova Craft Canoe" donated by Nova Craft. Everyone throughout the entire Thames River watershed that participated in the clean-up of the Thames River was eligible to win the canoe as well as other donated prizes. The draw took place on May 1, 2002, and the winners were:

Bram March, St. Marys	Nova Craft Canoe
Patrick Maclean	Fishing Pole
Alan Brown	Fishing Pole
Andrea Sutherland	Print
Deb Rome	Print

Pictured here are some of our volunteers (Click on the picture to see it enlarged):


Volunteers Linda & Debbie start out on their search for litter while Mardy in the background gathers her necessary supplies for the cleanup.	The Power family returns with a wagon of garbage collected along the trail.	The 2002 Clean-up crew gather around the morning's litter collection. There was all kinds of litter, including the kitchen sink.

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