by Denise Pitchford
On Saturday, April 25th, 15 members of the Woman’s Club of West Deptford, along with 8 of their family and friends, participated in the Gloucester County Earth Day Community Cleanup Project. This event was sponsored by the Gloucester County Commissioners and the Gloucester County Improvement Authority and hosted by West Deptford Township.
The weather was mostly good, though chilly with a short period of light rain. We converged at RiverWinds Pointe for our cleanup location and collected 16 bags, plus five larger items,
including a large Styrofoam floatation device that
several women fished out of the water.
Since high tide was in effect, we didn’t collect as much debris as in years past. It was discussed that next year we may clean other township areas, either by dividing into smaller groups or covering the entire RiverWinds area. Hopefully, our efforts will produce a $500 donation to our club.
Special thanks to our Environment Chairperson, Patty Wyzkowski, for getting us registered in time and filling out all the tedious paperwork with accompanying photographs. Also, thanks to our members who made a difference in our town by committing to this project: Sharon Bowen, Karen Brown, Kristen Cervantes, Carol Dechen, April Maska, Peggy Grady, Debbie Hinkle, Lisa Hunter, Talibah McCall, Sue Nelson, Denise Pitchford, Ellen Sanker, Donna Stelmach, Kimberly Van Zoeren-Czoch and Patty Wyzkowski.