Clean Up Day a Success

More than 60 children from Rocky Bayou Christian School, along with their parents, collected 120 pounds of garbage along Highway 98 from Holiday Road to Grand Boulevard on Saturday, Sept. 9.

Highway Cleanup Day was organized by the Silver Sands Factory Stores. “We organize our highway cleanups twice a year as a way to keep our roads clean and beautiful while granting local organizations an opportunity to get involved and raise money,” said Traci Stokes, marketing director for Silver Sands Factory Stores.

Silver Sands also sent postcards to their business neighbors along the cleanup route and were ecstatic to have some of them offer to pitch in or supply refreshments for the volunteers.

Stokes also said that the Silver Sands Cleanup day is a nice complement to other efforts underway by the Scenic Corridor Association, the Destin Chamber of Commerce, the Walton County Chamber of Commerce and Beaches of South Walton.

Non-profit organizations interested in participating in the next Silver Sands Highway Cleanup day in April 2007, should e-mail their organization name, a brief description of their mission and contact information to Ashley Watkins aw@silversandsoutlet.com

Businesses interested in donating refreshments for the next highway cleanup can also contact Ashley.

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