Warren Conservation Commission - 2011 Earth Day Clean-up

Dave Urban arranges tee shirts that were designed by Katie Dickson, the owner of the Wooden Midshipman on Water Street, and donated by Dunkin Donuts.

Warren Conservation chairman Kurt Jamiel and Conservation member Bob Rutkiewicz look at some family photos on Rhode Island State Senator Wally Felag's cell phone.

Jan Martin looks over some seeds for sale as Nancy Romano talks to her four-year-old grandson, Christopher, about how plants grow from small seeds.

Bill McCabe waits as Charles Otley and Wendell Pols of American Legion Post 104 sign in for the Earth Day clean-up.

Susan Black signs in as others help themselves to bagels, donuts and coffee donated by Dunkin Donuts.

Conservation Commission recording secretary Jane Harrison shares a laugh with former Commission chairperson Gloria Medeiros.

Commission vice-chair Helen Hawkinson helps herself to donuts while Commission chair Kurt Jamiel razzes her.

Camille Bucci and Gillian O'Brien join the clean-up for the second year in a row.

Helen Hawkins points out a pile of brush removed from the North Burial Ground to Judy Fardig.

Joe Paquin assists Rob Leonard with disposing of pieces of metal and an old paint can he found off of the bike path near Kelly St.

Pat Read cleans up the sidewalk along Water Street in front of Maxwell House, home of the Massasoit Historical Association.

Lois and Mark Hamel clean up some of the trash dumped under the power lines off of Ridgeway Drive.

Jordan Borge moves one of the many bags of leaves to the road in the park on lower Laurel Lane.

Laurel Lane neighbors make fast work of cleaning up the park by working together.

Laura Borge works with Pam Eliason to finish up the clean-up work in the Laurel Lane park.
Anne Morrill, president of the Kickemuit River Council, removes some trash from along the shores of the Kickemuit River. Michelle Winchenbach works with her nine-year-old daughter, Emily, to pick up trash at the entrance to Recreation Park. Gisele Rodrigues discovers an abandoned sign on Asylum Road as her daughter, Jessica, and husband, Paul, approach.

One of the many DPW workers who helped with the clean-up stops along Serpentine Road to pick up full bags of trash.

Disc jockey Peter Wright provides the music for the event each year at the Pete Sepe Pavilion.

Members of the Kickemuit Grange grill hot dogs for the volunteers who return to the pavilion for lunch.
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