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Volunteers Needed
Written By: Luke Osteen | Issue: April 2024
Trawling for trash spruces up the western edge of the Plateau, just in time for the Busy Season – join the Plateau Pickup at 8:30 A.M. April 13.
Join your neighbors, friends, family and co-workers for the annual Plateau Pickup on Saturday, April 13. Volunteers will begin at Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park on Pine Street at 8:30 A.M., where they will receive their geographic assignment. Stretches of U.S. 64, N.C. 28, N.C. 106 and parts of downtown Highlands will be covered. Groups, families and individuals are welcome!
Volunteers will receive a light breakfast, a safety vest, gloves, pick-up tools, garbage bags and a thank you t-shirt. A boxed lunch will be served to volunteers when they return to the park at 12:00 P.M.
“Last year more than 120 volunteers collected nearly 95 cubic yards of garbage,” says Kaye McHan, executive director of the Highlands Chamber of Commerce/Visit Highlands. “It is so nice to see the community come together to beautify our roadways.”
Plateau Pickup is organized by the Highlands Chamber of Commerce/Visit Highlands and is part of Litter Sweep, the N.C. Department of Transportation’s biannual statewide roadside litter removal initiative.
To participate, send an email to [email protected] or call (828) 526-5841. For more information about Plateau Pickup or other Highlands events, visit highlandschamber.org.
