By Carla Occaso
Laraway School Teacher
Laraway School student P.B. coordinated our Green Up Day effort this year. He broke up the school into groups and gave each group a stretch of road in our hometown of Johnson. I went with G.R., E.W., S.L., and L.W. to clean up a section of Hogback Road. We scrambled down muddy hillsides and brooks to
recover six bags full of bottles, cans, cups, and miscellany. G.R. fished a flip flop out of a brook while S.L. found a downed road sign. It was raining most of the time, but we expected it and dressed for the occasion. P.B. supplied us with gloves and bags.
“We filled over 80 bags of trash. I was impressed with the participation, given the rain,” P.B. said.
Awards were given to each school group: Explorers, Most (Trash collected) Overall; Grizzlies, Teamwork; Tetons, Biggest Individual Item; and Dreamscopes, Most Unique Item.
Green Up Day brought lots of excitement to those who participated. It is a hallowed tradition to Vermonters. Vermont's first Green Up Day was held April 18, 1970, during the administration of Governor Deane C. Davis.
Laraway students like to do their part to keep Johnson CLEAN and GREEN!
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