Students at Laura Secord took to the streets for Earth Day this morning for Eco Club’s Pitch-In Day. This community clean-up took place in the 5km surrounding the school and had a total of 22 classes participating. Eco Club president Madeline Hatrick and senior member Shazaib Wasti waited eagerly at the school to give students and teachers their send-off materials and waited patiently for their return.
“Last semester’s Pitch-In day was a hit with the students that participated and given the turnout this semester I hope this one is too,” says Hatrick regarding the turnout of the event. Last semester the newly reinstituted Eco Club held a Pitch-In day to introduce the club. The event had 7 fewer classes participating than today. participating than today.
The turnout for this event isn’t the only increase since the club's reinstitution in September 2021. In fact, the first event attracted a total of 22 new student members and has been increasing since. Another outstanding change for this semester's event is the participation of both club supervisors. Ms. Daldrup and Ms. Heaney, supervisors for the Eco Club were given the opportunity to participate in the event with their respective classes.
“After some worry about pulling the event off on such short notice, it was great to see everything run smoothly from the other side of it this time around,” Ms. Daldrup explains about her participation in both the planning and clean-up phases of the event. Ms. Heaney was equally excited to bring her class to take over cleaning the schoolyard as she did last semester saying, “it was nice to get the class outside to clean up. It gives us more appreciation for our school.”
Reported items brought back from the clean-up included a fishing pole, wine bottles, and a car engine. That paired with the 42 full bags of garbage collected around the community made for a successful and impactful event.
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