On April 13th, Long Valley BSA Troop 236 participated in the Raritan Headwards Association’s annual river clean-up event. This year 30 Scouts, Scouters, parents, siblings and friends volunteered to clean-up a mile-long section of the river bed along the Columbia Trail extending from behind the Andrew Hall and Sons industrial complex to Elizabeth Lane.
The crew collected 18 bags of trash along with numerous miscellaneous items including two tires, various pieces of scrap metal, a very large and heavy metal frame, a snow shovel, signs, three buckets, a car muffler, plastic flower pots and unidentifiable plastic scrap.
This was the Troop’s 13th consecutive year participating in this event. Special thanks to all the volunteers and to Andrew Hall and Sons Plumbing, who generously supplied the crew with donuts, juice and water. Shown in photo: Dan, Danny & Jack Devine, AJ & Len Spangher, Koren Lay, Cindy Boerner, Sam & Vinnie Salierno, Ethan. Ryan, & Thomas Van Beuzekom , Caden, Kieran & Danielle Abramson, Dominick & Julian Ciacciarelli, Joe & Elizabeth Dowd, Rick DeChiaro, Derek Trella, Daniela Lisnic, Luca Morello, Xavier Almanzar, Alan & Noah Lopez and Andy & Drew Kraus. Missing from photo John Rowland.
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If you are interested in having great experiences and learning new things in the process check out Troop 236 in Long Valley. The Troop is open and welcoming and no prior Scout experience is required. The Troop meets the first three Mondays of every month at 7:00 pm at St. Marks Church in Long Valley. For more information about Troop 236 please visit: http://troop236bsa.org/ “Scouting is a great way to make awesome friends while learning life skills and serving the local community. "
