Green Team Collaborates with Community Partners to Clean Up Walnut River and Island Park

The Southwestern College Green Team hosted a cleanup of the Walnut River and Island Park areas to celebrate Earth Day 2013.The cleanup was a two-day event taking place Friday and Saturday, April 19 and 20. Friday volunteers met at the Winfield Fairgrounds Building #6 and cleaned sections of the Walnut River and its banks. Saturday, over 50 volunteers congregated in Island Parkand cleaned the moat, the nature trail, and the surrounding areas of the park.

This event was sponsored by Green Team Southwestern, Grace United Methodist Church, and Gottlob Lawn and Landscape. “In order to celebrate Earth Day, the Green Team wanted to do some type of river cleanup effort in conjunction with a nationwide collaborative effort called American River cleanup,” said Jason Speegle, director of Green Team Southwestern. “As we started the planning, we joined forces with several other groups and businesses in the community to create this wonderful collaborative effort that will benefit the Winfield community and the environment. We are fortunate to have such amazing community partners.”