BIG DIFFERENCE:
About 200 youth from Anderson and Redding stakes of the Church Jesus Christ of Ladder-Day Saints (LDS) hauled trash, cement blocks and blacktop from Volonte Park.
Trash piled up in Volonte Park on Friday morning, as 200 youth with adult supervision descended on Volonte Park and Anderson River Park to clean up debris.
The group worked from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. last Friday.
At Volonte Park, about 150 youth were hauling pieces of blacktop, cement and garbage out of seasonal wetlands.
“We’re finding trash, debris, soda and beer bottles,” said Jeff Jones of the LDS Anderson stake, as youth were piling cement blocks at the top of a riverbank. “We going after anything that isn’t natural.”
The group created about 15 stone ripwraps to curtain water-erosion along elevated roadbeds. Others were painting the restrooms near the baseball diamonds.
In the Anderson River Park, workers were to clean-up trash around the park, as well as repaint the curbs throughout the park.
The group was performing the community service as a group activity between the Anderson and Redding stakes of the Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder-Day Saints.
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