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Nine teams gathered 1,130 pounds of trash and debris during Naval Support Activity Bethesda’s base-wide clean up April 17 as part of the installation’s Earth Week observance.
Teams competed to pick up the most trash during the two-hour cleanup. The nine teams consisted of 62 people who came out to the annual event despite the chilly temperature.
The Navy Wounded Warrior Safe Harbor team collected the most trash at 334 pounds, with the USU Laboratory Animal Medicine team coming in second, collecting 211 pounds of trash, according to Karrie Reckley, Naval Facilities Engineering Command natural resource program manager. Of the 1,130 pounds collected, 290 pounds of scrap metal will be recycled, she said.
Lt. Cassie Mulkey, Safe Harbor non-medical case manager, joined the clean up to help clean the installation and bond with her co-workers.
“We all wanted to do it together as a chance to do something to help out,” she said.
Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Joebert Bierman said he came out to pick up trash to support his community.
“It shows that we actually care about the environment,” he said.
Lt. Kate Clark-Dawe participated as a way to become more connected to her team members.
“I wanted to help out and make the base look nice,” she said.
Patrick Figueroa, Safe Harbor program analyst, said picking up trash was a way for him to give back and it’s something he does on a regular basis with his family.
“I like helping out around the base and I like to volunteer,” he said. “It’s really cool to see the base coming together.”
Gunner’s Mate 1st Class Chelsea Greenwood said her group collected five bags of trash despite the cold weather.
“It was fun,” she said.
At the start of the cleanup, NSAB Executive Director Bill Meekins encouraged people to remember to clean up every day, not just during Earth Week.
The day after the base clean up, an environmental resource fair was held in Bldg. 62. The major attraction was a giant sphere set up in the Warrior Café where NASA employees projected planetary data from the solar system.
“We’re going to look at the spheres of the Earth – land, sea, air, water – so we can talk about what we’re observing and how to better understand our planet,” said NASA Outreach Engineer Maurice Henderson.
He encouraged those who stopped by to remember that humans have a stewardship responsibility for the planet.
“We’re the first species on Earth that has the capability to modify or influence conditions on the planet and we need to be responsible about using that capability,” he said.
| Date Taken: | 05.03.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 05.04.2018 13:48 |
| Story ID: | 275720 |
| Location: | BETHESDA, MARYLAND, US |
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