23-04-2025
Craven Community College Student Veterans Association cleans up Lawson Creek Park for Earth Day
NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT)– Volunteers with Craven Community College's Student Veterans Association and Phi Theta Kappy Honor Society chapters participated in an Earth Day cleanup at Lawson Creek Park Tuesday.
The park was the first to be cleaned up in this year's event, but the college hopes to continue this tradition with the city of New Bern at different parks and locations each year.
Volunteers picked up trash along the fields and trail. They removed debris and any other small fixes that they could do. Dozens of volunteers participated in the event.
'To take this as motivation to just help out and get out in any way you can. Whether that be helping someone with their groceries at the grocery store, just any way you can help the community,' student in the early college program Jillian Morris said.
Organizers and other volunteers said the event was all about giving back to the community. They hope this event on Earth Day is enough to inspire a little motivation for everyone for every day.
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