Environmental Club hosted its first Campus Cleanup since science teacher Rita Smith took over the club four years ago, on Monday, March 4. The clean-up had a great turnout with over 110 students representing 9 teams, clubs and 3 coaches. Altogether students were able to collect enough trash to fill over 15 bags.
The amount of Hawk representation was uplifting because the night before the Cleanup only about 10 people had signed up and the Environmental Club questioned if they were going to be able to run the event at all.
¨It was really great and overwhelming; we didn’t realize how many people would come… It was organized and everyone worked hard ¨ said Smith.
The clean-up promised an ARC breakfast to the team or club that had the highest percentage of members attending it. The football team took home the prize with about 45 participants.
The planning of the event took months to nail down the logistics.
“It started in meetings and came up with arc incentives to get more people to come,” said Environmental Club President Avani Kashalikar.
The Environmental Club was only expecting a few kids to show up, but their expectations were exceeded.
“It was great because we were expecting only around 20 people but around 120 people showed up.”
Though she too was nervous that many wouldn’t show, she’s not surprised that groups came out in force.
“A lot of teams are interested in helping around the school,” said Kashalikar
In the future, the club is looking to repeat the event to help the community out.
“The goal is to make it an annual thing. It has been a goal for a while now and we started planning in January,” said Kashalikar.
Kashalikar says she has always liked the environment and was influenced to join the club by her senior friends. Now she is happy that she got into the club because she feels it is a good thing to do.
“I have always liked the environment, and I had friends that were seniors when I was a sophomore and they got me into the club and now it feels right,” Kashalikar concluded.
