Warren Conservation Commission - 2012 Earth Day Clean-up

Former Town Council President Frank Alfano talks with Kickimuit River Council Treasurer Steve Ruth of Bristol over a cup of coffee at the Pete Sepe Pavilion on Hugh Cole Road before the event begins.

Six-year-old Sadie Santos and her four-year-old sister, Quinley, enjoy a donut donated by Dunkin Donuts on North Main Street in Warren before heading to their designated clean-up area near the Broken Bridge (see lower photo).

Warren Conservation Commission member Diane Warren chats with a friend over a cup of coffee at the Pavilion before they don their gloves and pitch in on the clean-up effort.

Warren DPW Clerk Judy Fardig helps herself to a donut as Conservation Commission member Butch Lombardi looks on.

Conservation Commission member Helen Hawkinson, in the blue jacket, chats with friends at the Pavilion before starting on the clean-up.

Volunteers help themselves to Earth Day tee-shirts with a 20th Anniversary Clean-up logo designed by local artist Richard Kaiser.

Conservation Commission Chairman Kurt Jamiel chats with Frank Alfano as volunteers begin leaving for their clean-up sites.

DPW Clerk Judy Fardig inspects the work of Wendell Pols of American Legion Post 104 as he fills in a low spot at the North Burial Ground.

Ten-year-old Kiara and twelve-year-old Gideon Wallace fill a bag of trash at the Warren Town Beach where they worked with their father, Joe Wallace.

Traci Harper leads three-year-old Hayden while Lori Vales accompanies two-and-a-half-year-old Braydan along Read Avenue in Laurel Park.

Phil Keefe leads his children Meg, Matt and Tim through the Laurel Park marsh in search of debris to fill their bags.

Robin Aguiar and Andrea Bullard pull out trash that has accumulated in the marsh along the Kickimuit River in Laurel Park.

Vicky Trail, Christine and Michelle Andrews, Walter Winchenbach, Makenzie O'Donnell, Jessica Brownell, Emily Winchenbach & Emma Trail pose for a photo.

Kathy Massa and Deborah Oliveira pause in their clean-up efforts along Vernon Street near the entrance to the Job Lot Plaza.

Junior Leaguers Jeannette Kenyon, Brittany Bisbano, and Lynne O'Donnell are assisted by Casy Santos 8, and Jacob Gabbert, 7, on Vernon Street.
Anne Morrill, vice-president of the Kickemuit River Council, picks up trash at the side of the road on the Child Street Bridge over the Kickemuit River. Gretchen and Ned Gammons of nearby Oak Street clean the area across from the former Lloyd Manufacturing on Franklin Street. Kevin Ascoli and Frank Santos pose behind a pile of trash picked up by children Kendra, Quinley, Kayley, Sadie and Kyle near the Broken Bridge..
Lisa Speidel of Warren and Stan Dimock of Bristol pose next to their trash bags on Schoolhouse Road.  Earth Day tee-shirt designer Richard Kaiser poses with the bags of trash he picked up at the Kickemuit Reservoir on Schoolhouse Road. Kayla McConaghy of Warren and Kevin Amaral of Bristol find a tangled mess of fishnig line and tackle at the Schoolhouse road spot on the Kickemuit.

Randy Gershbach of the Kickemuit Grange volunteers to grill the hot dogs back at the Pete Sepe Pavilion following the clean-up.

Members and children from the Kickemuit Grange #24 pose for a photo following their participation in the clean-up. 

Peter Wright, who provided the music for the event, chats with a young lady in front of  Commission members Kurt Jamiel and Bob Ruthiewicz. 
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