La Porte County Community Cleanup Day was a huge success again this year, with ten pickup loads of trash being collected in Michigan City alone! Litter was also removed from La Porte’s beaches, parks and neighborhoods, as well as county roads in surrounding areas.
The La Porte County Solid Waste District wants to recognize everyone who helped make the event a success:
Michigan City volunteer groups – The Greater MC GOP Club, Michigan City High School, Evergreen Baptist Church’s youth group, the Elston Grove Neighborhood Association, Lisa Smiertelny’s Boy Scout troop, Amie Methner’s Campfire Club, the PNC Ecology Club, Tracey Pollock and family, Nora Schultz and family, Francine Kalita and family, Pam Wickham and family, Chad Trobaugh with Central States Manufacturing, Mark Dever and Phil Liverman.
Commissioner Willie Milsap’s City/County Resource Center, which has continued to host Michigan City’s thank you luncheon along with volunteers who once again cleaned up around the Fifth Ward.
The Michigan City Parks and Recreation Department, which has hosted an Adopt a Beach cleanup for three years in a row as part of this event. The Michigan City Refuse Department for working hard year after year to pick up all the litter collected in Michigan City.
La Porte and surrounding area volunteer groups – The La Porte County Libertarians, La Porte Service League, Herr Loff, Bethany Lutheran Church, Northwest Chapter of the Indiana Environmental Health Association, Debra LeRoy’s Girl Scout troop, Sean McKiel and family, Carey Hayward and family, Sacha Burns and family, Tim Vaughan, Connie Justice and Nina Rogowski.
La Porte Fire Station #1, which hosted La Porte’s thank you luncheon again this year.
The Community Work Program, under the guidance of La Porte County Sheriff's Deputy Bob Blair, which picks up all litter collected in La Porte and surrounding areas each year.
The La Porte Parks and Recreation Department for picking up litter, leaves and other items collected from La Porte’s beaches.
The local businesses whose donations made all of this possible – John Avila DDS of Coolspring Dental Clinic, Hearthside Food Solutions, Lewis Bakeries, Family Express, and Burnham Glove Company. We couldn’t do this without you!
The cleanup day is organized in conjunction with Keep America Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup, with trash bags donated by Glad.
Cleaning up litter not only makes our communities look better, it helps protect wildlife and the ecosystems in which we live. We hope the popularity of La Porte County Community Cleanup Day continues to grow – we can all make La Porte County a beautiful place to live!