Scouts, volunteers clean up Kent

KENT — Kent’s Girl Scouts (and one Boy Scout) aided in the 2011 Kent Town Cleanup with a sweep of the village streets on Monday, April 25. The volunteers split up into two groups; one picked up trash in the residential areas of Elizabeth Street and Lane Street, and the other group worked on both sides of Main Street.The Scouts found cigarette butts, bottle caps and various wrappers, all of which were removed from the ground with gloved hands and placed into trash bags.The Scouts’ sweep of the town was only one of many events during the Kent Town Cleanup, which began on Friday, April 22, Earth Day.Throughout the week, road captains also marshalled teams of volunteers, who scoured their neighborhoods for pieces of litter on their roads and sidewalks. The captains provided gloves and trash bags for their teams and then facilitated the delivery of the filled bags to the transfer station.Kent Town Cleanup will culminate with town residents and the Scouts again combing the streets of Kent for trash, on Saturday, April 30. Then all the participants and organizers will meet at the transfer station at noon to see the final product of their efforts: a giant pile of trash. To celebrate their work, there will be a reception with coffee, hot chocolate and cookies. A photo will be taken of all of the trash collected during the week.