Outstanding day for Green Lake Litter Patrol. The rains held off and we had 18 volunteer patrollers on the ground and 2 volunteer patrollers in kayaks cleaning up around the edge of the lake. Liz & Kay collected 2 kayak loads of litter from around the lake edge. Super job! We […] Read more »
We have been lucky to have so many consecutive sunny Days for our litter patrols around Green Lake. We had good group of volunteers: Jeff, Lian, Margorie, Peter, Bente, Landuber & Todd. Between us we picked up about 15 bags full of cans, bottles, paper, plastic etc.. There is still […] Read more »
Our last patrol in September was fabulous. We had another super turn out: Calvin, Anna, Stewart, Peter, Alex, Lian, Marjorie, Issa, Sergei & Todd. There was still a lot of litter on the grounds at Green Lake Park. We picked up over 15 bags in our 2.5 hours of patrolling. […] Read more »
Huge day for Green Lake Litter Patrol- We had 15 volunteers join today. The ages started at 7 and went up to 65. We are all about having participation from all age groups. The walkers & runners at Green Lake really stepped up and gave “many thanks” as they passed […] Read more »
We had a fabulous litter patrol with so many wonderful volunteers showing up today. Four students from Ingraham High School : Calvin Kolver, Anna Mulia, Fortuna G-Sellassie, Peter Le, thanks so much!! Lori Lizotte, Gene Counts, Cheri & Peter Kopp, Lian Zhou & her daughter Marguerite, Todd. Lori found a […] Read more »
Labor Day weekend Litter Patrol was a great success with the help of Calvin, Stewart, Lori, Dianna, Sergei & Todd. We picked up close to 16 bags of litter. We had a newcomer Dianna Marshall who found us on Everyblock. The neighborhood blog that took over the My Green Lake blog. […] Read more »
Green Lake was full of life today with boat races, runners and walkers filling the park. We had a great crew of patrollers: Gene, Sherrie, Calvin, Stewart, Lian, Sergei & Todd on hand working hard picking up litter. Calvin and Stewart are high school students who saw the newspaper article […] Read more »
It was a great week for Green Lake Litter Patrol starting with the wonderful article in the Seattle Times written by Nicole Brodeur. Today Green Lake park was a mess and it took every bit of our 3 hours to get things back in shape. We even borrowed a boat […] Read more »
We had another splendid day and good group for our Green Lake Litter Patrol. In all we picked up 19 full bags of litter consisting of beer bottles and cans, clothing, and every type of plastic container made. Nicole Brodeur from the Seattle Times joined us for an up close […] Read more »
We could have not asked for a prettier day to be out at Green Lake for our litter patrol. Another great turn out: Gene, Cindy, Sherri, Issa, Lori, Dan & Todd. Between us we picked up 21 bags of litter. Peet’s Coffee & Tea was supportive supplying cold drinks which […] Read more »
We had a splendid time today doing our Litter Patrol around Green Lake. Issariya (Issa) Sirichakwal & Lian Zhou stopped me in the parking lot and volunteered on the spot to join Greg Mahar, Gene Counts and myself for todays patrol. Issa & Lian are absolutely awesome for jumping right in and […] Read more »
It was another fabulous day for a Green Lake Litter Patrol. Lori Lizotte, Jeff Ewing and Sherri Dickson joined in for a terrific 11 garbage bag effort. Sarah Armstrong- Manager- of Peet’s Coffee & Tea- Green Lake store found us on the EveryBlock blog site and offered to provide us […] Read more »