It was 24 degrees at Green Lake Park for our litter patrol this morning. We had a hearty crew of 4 patrollers make a tremendous effort on a chilly morning. Everyone commented on how peaceful and beautiful the park was on a frosty morning. Gwen Miller from Shorewood High School […] Read more »
Our first litter patrol of 2013 was a big success with the help from Green Lake Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Shop employees. In total we had 12 patrollers out making a difference today. We stopped at Peet’s Coffee & Tea for a complimentary coffee and heard the news that […] Read more »
We had our 52nd litter patrol of 2012 today at Green Lake Park. Thanks to our crew today: David, Issa, Jud, Teri, Jeff & Todd. We are also grateful to Peet’s Coffee & Tea for their weekly support. It has been a tremendous year for Green Lake Litter Patrol. Special […] Read more »
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from all of us at Green Lake Litter Patrol. We had 6 hardy patrollers out today: Jud, Teri, Gene, Peter, Issa & Todd. I am so proud of all of the people who have joined us for a litter patrol in 2012. The park is […] Read more »
As Winter moves into Seattle- Green Lake Litter Patrol is busy cleaning the hard to reach areas around the lake. We are pulling out litter that has been there for years and it feels really good. Our determined volunteers are braving cold and rainy weather to really make a difference […] Read more »
The Sun was shining as we started our litter patrol today at Green Lake Park. Jud, Peter, Gene & Todd made a good crew and picked up 11 full bags of bottles, cans, plastic and misc debris. Our effort to clean out the areas hidden by summer foliage is producing […] Read more »
Today turned out to be a splendid day for our post Thanksgiving Litter Patrol. Foggy but no rain! We had a group of 7 patrollers join in for a very productive outing. We picked up 12 full bags of litter. It is still amazing to pick up so many bags […] Read more »
Well, the rains finally fell on our litter patrol at Green Lake. We have had over 65 weeks of patrols and this was our first downpour day. Not too bad for living in Seattle. We had a great group of 12-6th graders ( soccer team) and their parents endure the […] Read more »
We had 3 patrollers today but picked up 9 full bags of litter. There were some sporadic sprinkles but the hard rain held off. I am proud to report that this year the volunteers of Green Lake Litter Patrol have put in over a 1000 hours of service at Green […] Read more »
We had a great group of 10 volunteers today for a very productive litter patrol around Green Lake Park. It is amazing that we are still picking up 2-3 bags of litter a piece as we circle the lake. Peet’s Coffee & Tea is always so gracious to supply us […] Read more »
It was an exciting day at Green Lake with a Halloween Fun Run for grown ups and kids. Lots of fun costumes. We had a strong group of 7 volunteers jump in and picked up 10 full litter bags. I was walking and saw a smoker drop a cigarette on […] Read more »
We had 14 hearty litter patrollers out today at Green Lake for a very productive patrol. I am so proud of these amazing volunteers who show up regardless of the weather forecast. It was chilly but the rains held off again for us. Peet’s Coffee and Tea warmed us up […] Read more »