The Rotary Club of Niagara County Central held an Earth Day Clean-Up on Saturday, April 24, 2021, on the shores of Lake Ontario in Wilson, New York. Chairman and Rotarian Tim Carter Superintendent of the Wilson Central School put together a wonderful event. Over 190 students from all grades of the Wilson Central School, parents, Junior Varsity football team, and their Cheerleaders along with the people from the Village and Town of Wilson worked alongside the Rotarians to complete this beautiful clean-up project. The Earth Day event was held at the Wilson-Tuscarora State Park on the shore of Lake Ontario. Tim Horton coffee and Tim Bits were supplied to everyone by the Rotary Club of NCC. Plastic bags clear and black along with gloves were supplied to all. Everyone was masked and social distancing. Many walked the shoreline of the lake along with the waterways entering the lake cleaning up the trash while others went through the complete park picking up anything and everything that did not belong on the ground even a small kids' swimming pool was found. The school Physical Education Department offered to all the high school students if they attended and worked for 2 hours in the clean-up project, they would receive full credit for their PE requirements in school (a great way for high school students to be involved in the community).
Chairman Tim Carter and President Dave Evans were overjoyed with all who attended and made the project a success. Tim is looking forward to doing this project next year and making it an annual School-Community Project.
