Rochester's annual city-wide spring cleaning event is looking for volunteers right now to lend a hand and help make Rochester a Litter Bit Better in 2022!
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Activities: Hockey, soccer, baseball, baseball umpire, Soldiers Field Golf Course employee;
Scholastic achievements: National Honor Society and John Marshall Honor Society, Student Athlete of the Year Award junior year, AP Scholar Award, President s Scholarship at Baylor, Achievement Gold Scholarship at Baylor;
Community service/volunteer work: volunteered at the Hope Lodge, rang bells for Salvation Army, served food at St. Francis Sunday Lunch Program, collected garbage with Litter Bit Better organization;
Post-high school plans: Baylor University, health science studies on the premed track.
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Parents: Daying Dai and Yonghong Ding;
Activities: Cradle to Career of Rochester, John Marshall Environmental Club, John Marshall Girls’ Swim and Dive Team, John Marshall Speech Team, Freelance Photography;
Created: April 13, 2021 04:18 PM
(ABC 6 News) - The blankets of snow are gone, leaving blankets of trash, which is not only ugly, but experts said it is also bad for wildlife. If the litter does make its way into our waterways, it s really not healthy for our wildlife that lives in the waterways, Stephanie Hatzenbihler, the environmental education specialist for the city of Rochester, said.
The solutions are obvious. Don t litter in the first place by doing things like making sure all of your garbage is bagged. A lot of times what happens is the wind kicks up and it blows our trash or recycling, and a lot of times this also actually happens in the back of our vehicles, Hatzenbihler said.