Each year our Highlands Chamber of Commerce organizes a litter pickup for our town. Volunteers by the dozen show up to clean the roads of litter debris. This year’s Plateau Pickup was scheduled for last weekend, but bad weather delayed it a week. I met neighbors Pam and Roger at the designated park. We enjoyed a light breakfast provided by the event and picked up our t-shirts, orange vests, garbage bags, gloves, and handy picker-uppers. We checked our assignments and listened to last minute instructions. We drove to our starting point and got our equipment ready. And then we were off on our mission! It didn’t take long for the bags to fill up. As I walked and looked at the beauty around me, I wondered how anyone can throw out trash in such a gorgeous area. We were determined to get every last can, beer bottle, styrofoam cup we saw, not to mention the cell phone, men’s boxer shorts, and dental flossers we gathered. Ha! Trucks came by frequently to take our filled bags and give us more empty bags to fill. When we had cleaned several assigned areas (over 10 bags for our three-person team), we headed back to town to enjoy a lunch prepared for the volunteers. Grilled hamburgers and hotdogs with all the fixings and sweet treats for dessert...yum! If you’re ever in Highlands, North Carolina on our annual Plateau Pickup Day, be sure to join us. We love our sweet small town!
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