| Volunteers “shine” in Earth Day cleanup |
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| Thursday, 26 April 2012 08:45 | |||
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In the Turks and Caicos Islands, Earth Day means a day to make the “Beautiful by Nature Islands” shine. Members of the Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association (TCHTA) and the community across Providenciales came out April 21 to take part in the TCHTA’s 4th annual cleanup campaign called “TCI Shines.” The event attracted the participation of approximately 240 persons who came out with one objective — to clean up the highways and byways of Providenciales and bring an awareness to Earth Day and keeping Mother Earth litter free. The initiative, spearheaded by the association and its Project Committee, focused on involving the community at large. Many were amazed at how much trash was being collected. “This year’s objective was to involve the wider community through various organizations, like churches, schools and civic groups, or just to have people clean up around their homes on this day,” Association Executive Stacy Cox said. “The event for us is always bittersweet, and we are happy to clean up our communities but disappointed that we are still collecting so many bags of garbage,” she said. Cox said the initiative collected 750 bags of garbage in addition to microwaves, golf clubs, drums and shopping carts. “For this cleanup we focused on awareness and outreach in the community, as the more people involved in a cleanup campaign the more people will begin to think twice about littering,” Cox explained. Cox also offered special thanks to the members of the TCHTA, BEST Institute, Enid Capron Primary School, Mills Institute, TCI Middle School, TCI Youth Department, Gods Gem, Power 92.5 FM and 102.5 KISS FM, Harvest Bible Church, The Church of God of Prophecy and members of The Filipino Community for doing their part to help TCI Shine.
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