Warren Conservation Commission - 2015 Earth Day Clean-up

Melissa Gould and Bill Pattie arrive at the Pete Sepe Pavilion in Warren Recreation Park with two children in tow.

Mark Hamel checks out one of the Earth Day tee shirts that were given away free to participants thanks to Dunkin' Donuts.

Sara, Amy and Imogene Uhrig sign in with Conservation Commission member Jane Harrison.

State Senator Wally Felag chats with Conservation Commission Chairman Butch Lombardi while tee shirt designer Richard Keiser looks on.

Frank Alfano chats with Kickemuit River Council President Anne Morrill in front of the Council's display table.

Commission members Barbara Paroline, Jeanne Leffers and Wendy Brennen chat over their coffees provided by Dunkin Donuts.

Local artist Richard Keiser holds one of the tee shirts he designed for the Earth Day event depicting the concern for clean air, land and water.

Michelle Andrews holds the leash on her dog, Ginger, who is sporting a tee shirt just like hers.

Commission Chairman Butch Lombardi talks with Frank and Joan Alfano as they head off with their leaf bags to a clean up site.

Cub Scout Pack 25 members Shawn Amaral and Jack Sobreiro pick up trash around the playground at Kickemuit and Serpentine Roads.

Bruce Mergo uses an old golf club in oreder  to pick up trash along the Kickemuti River on Serpentine Road

Will Fernandes finds a pendulum clock that someone discarded on Conservation land at Heritage Park off of Schoolhouse Road.

Roberta and Al St. John work to pull trash out of the side of Schoolhouse Road that was littered with all kinds of items

Morgan Smith of Boy Scout Troop 25 checks on his trash bag as Troop leader Michael Campenella works on the other side of Schoolhouse Road in Heritage Park.

Chuck Kenny finds a framed photograph that someone has discarded along Bushee Road that had other items, including a Christmas tree and old tires.
Jim Leffers works along Long Lane in Touisset on Warren Earth Day Clean-up Day, which also happens to be his birthday! 
Morgan Smith of Troop 25 displays a piece of the front of a vehicle, license plate and 
all, that he found on Schoolhouse Road.
 Judy Fardig works with Dave McCarthy on removing trash on the sidewalk outside the North Burial Ground.
David Vales works with others to clean up and rake the small park along Laurel Lane that gets lots of use. Girl Scout Troop 654, including (left to right) Allie Smith, Lauren and Ainsley Pattie, Sarah Oliveira, Lauren MacDonald and Amelia Oliveira. worked to assist the Laurel Park clean-up. Matt and Phil Keefe, Joan DeSousa, and Tim Keefe clean up on behalf of the Laurel Park Improvement Association.
Wendy Duarte works with Noelle Burgo to pick up trash near the cemetery entrance on Vernon Street. Amy Uhrig looks at a piece of trash that her daughter, Sara, found while cleaning up the Town Beach on Water Street. Stephanie and Vanessa Botelho pose for a photo with Soultana Antonaidis holding a pair of size 54 pants that they found while cleaning Jamiel Park.
Camille Bucci and Gillian O'Brien clean up along Franklin Street across the street from the Warren Storage Center. Members of the Newport County and Kickemuit Junior Grange clean up along Vernon Street with Jeannette Kenyon. Nika-Rae and Skyler Listenfeld pose for a photo with Melanie and Christopher Jolicoeur after cleaning up Burr's Hill Park.
Two-year-old Owen Sypole finishes up a hot dog provided by the Conservation Commission to all of the Earth Day Clean-up participants. Stephanie and Vanessa Botelho and Soultana Antonaidis, center, pose with Commission members and the bird house that they won for finding the most unusual item (see above). Jim Rebello, Terri Messier and Randy Gersbach of the Kickemuit Grange run the grill for the hungry participants in the clean-up event.
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