Recently a team of about a
dozen Reynolds volunteers gathered on the Parham Road Campus to spend their
morning collecting trash and other pollutants from the North Run Creek and
surrounding Nature Trail. The creek is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay.
Each spring the college holds
an event to clear debris from the North Run Creek, partnering with other
local, municipal and state agencies in working to ensure our streams and rivers
are clean by reducing the pollutants that reach our waterways.
Buildings and Grounds
Manager Matthew Thompson put out a call for volunteers a few days before the
scheduled cleaning day and a willing team quickly gathered.
Despite the forecast for
rain, the weather cooperated as the group collected non-biodegradable items
including plastic bottles, plastic bags and other pollutants. The larger items
collected included two tires.
Thompson noted, “Reynolds
has a beautiful Nature Trail which I invite everyone to one day take a tour and
enjoy. The volunteers had a great time working together and I appreciate
the willingness of each participate and their enthusiastic mindset to make a
difference in the appearance and well-being of our Campus ground waterways.”
As members of the Reynolds
community we all have the responsibility to protect our environment and waterways.
Besides, a clean stream is a much more enjoyable sight!
