Lakeville Hosts Annual Watershed Cleanup Day
Lakeville residents gathered for the city's annual Watershed Cleanup Day, an Earth Day community volunteer event that brought together local groups to remove trash from parks and schools throughout the area.
Girl Scout Troop 27328 from JFK School participated in the cleanup effort, focusing their work around the JFK school grounds. The troop selected the location because members frequently use the park facilities for activities, according to participants in the event.
The cleanup event allows community groups of any size to participate in environmental stewardship efforts across Lakeville. Volunteers worked to remove debris that could potentially harm local wildlife or contaminate water sources in the watershed area.
Organizers emphasized the educational value of the event, particularly for young participants. The activity teaches children environmental responsibility while fostering pride and ownership in their local schools and community spaces.
The Watershed Cleanup Day represents Lakeville's largest annual volunteer event, bringing together residents for what organizers describe as creating visible positive change in the local landscape.
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[0:05] is there anything else over here Yeah
[0:07] we're out here for wershed cleanup day
[0:09] for Earth Day and we're picking up trash
[0:11] around the park This is a park that we
[0:13] work out at pretty frequently So we
[0:15] picked this location because of that The
[0:17] Lakeville Wershed Cleanup is a great
[0:19] community event where people can come
[0:21] together in whatever group size they
[0:22] want go out and pick up trash We're part
[0:24] of the Girl Scout troop for JFK So
[0:27] that's why we're over at the JFK school
[0:28] We're troop 27328 Uh we do try to do
[0:31] things in the community as much as we
[0:33] can and this is one of their favorite
[0:34] opportunities to come out into the
[0:36] community and clean up their school It's
[0:39] important because it teaches the kids to
[0:40] be mindful of their environment Uh we
[0:43] only have one world We've got to make
[0:44] sure that we take care of it And it
[0:46] helps the kids to have a little bit of
[0:47] ownership and pride in their school as
[0:49] well It's a great way for the community
[0:51] to get involved together and to do a a
[0:54] visible change in the landscape And it's
[0:57] good for the environment because you're
[0:58] taking out all those things that could
[1:00] harm animals or pollute the waters and
[1:02] you're getting them picked up It's just
[1:03] a great fun time and Lakeville's largest
[1:06] uh volunteer event
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