Despite the forecast, and the storm coming up the coast on Friday into Saturday, our group of intrepid volunteers braved the rain to clean up two locations at Attleboro Springs. We started adjacent to the future parking area, with volunteers from Mass Audubon, Attleboro's Conservation Commission, the Attleboro Land Trust, and the Oak Knoll community filling the concrete pad site with scrap metal, trash, tires, and more. Then, not to be deterred by a little light rain (ok, it was pouring) we moved on to the wetland adjacent to the main parking area and removed even more. In all, we had more than 20 volunteers for some or all of the day. La Salette kindly donated the large carafe for coffee to keep us fueled and energized, and volunteers made snacks to keep everyone - even our youngest helper of not yet two, enthusiastic and motivated.
Stay tuned for our group photo and details on the next clean up day - and my sincerest thanks to all who participated in this fun (though soggy) event! I've promised better weather for next time :-)