SAN ANTONIO – There are many different ways to spend a Sunday morning, and more than 70 volunteers in San Antonio spent theirs cleaning up Woodlawn Lake Park.
ASEZ WAO, a volunteer organization within the World Mission Society Church of God, teamed up with local nonprofit River Aid San Antonio to try and pick up 3,000 pounds of trash.
Volunteers teamed up in groups of two, holding trash bags and trash grabbers. “Four eyes are better than two,” volunteer Alexis Guiton said. “So, as we spot something, we grab it with our picker, and then we put it in.”
“We believe that through cleaning up the community, we can make it a safer environment and more pleasant environment for everyone together,” said another volunteer, Madison Schmidt.
Charles Blank, executive director of River Aid San Antonio, says it’s important to prioritize clean parks and bodies of water because they can affect more than one area.
“This feeds into Alazan Creek. This affects downstream communities, not just Woodlawn Lake,” he said. “Not only is this one of our flagship parks, but this is one of the only natural areas that we have where our Egyptian geese and other native animals can enjoy.”
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