Swift+Creek+Big+Sweep



Brooke Chow 2A Ogren Big Sweep offers the opportunity for volunteers to clean up their community. Specifically, I went to Swift Creek at Apex Community Park to perform this duty. There, I picked up an assortment of rubble; this ranged from little trinkets of plastic to cigarette butts to huge plastic gallon-sized bottles. We used data cards to keep track of the rubble that we picked up; in total, we collected over 300 pieces! Attending this event was eye-opening. Seeing the huge amounts of rubble in person made me realize just how much danger it can pose to the wildlife. Not only does participation in this event clean up the environment, it also raises awareness to members of the community when they see the tedious process of picking up this trash. Hopefully, this will inspire members of the community to be more careful of where they dispose of their garbage. This type of event exposes people to nature; physically working with nature bridges the gap between learning and understanding environmental science.