AAH VOLUNTEER INFORMATION SESSION UPDATE

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Nova Scotia’s Adopt-A-Highway Program
Spring 2015
AAH VOLUNTEER INFORMATION SESSION UPDATE
We were excited to be returning to Port Williams for our
10th Annual Volunteer Informaon Session, on April 18th. Lewis
Benedict, the Chairman of Port Williams Village Commission was
kind enough to bring greengs from the area, and shared his
appreciaon of the AAH volunteers efforts. We had a beauful
day for our session, which started with a bus trip to the Valley
Waste Administraon Building. Andrew Garre+, Manager of
Communicaon pointed out many innovave products that
contribute to the environmental friendliness of this commercial
buildings in North America! These
included recycled tumbled glass as a mulch, and also was an ingredient I the flooring.
Recycled res were used as a stabilizer in the surrounding soil, and recycled newspaper was used as insulaon. The building is passive solar and has very low heang and
cooling costs for the year. The volunteers also had a chance to look around the “Last
Re-Sort” Re-use Centre. This ingenious idea came about because many items would
arrive at the Waste Facility that were sll in good condion and could be used by others. These items are now placed for sale at the Centre at a greatly reduced price, and
are diverted from the landfill.
We had a delicious lunch that was served by the TOPS #2688 Port Wiliams. Not
only is this group amazing caterers, they are also an Adopt-A-Highway group, with
their route in the Port Williams area.
Our program connued with Gina Bain, who updated the groups with the
cleanup results from the previous year, and the acvies within the program.
Carson King, Site Inspector with Valley Waste (pictured at right) had very interesng presentaon concerning illegal dumpsites. Andrew Garre+ joined Carson for
the presentaon and gave a brief background of illegal dumping including the “who, what,
when, why when and how much”. Carson gave a summary of some of the illegal
dumpsites he had invesgated in the last year and the varied and ingenious ways he used
to resolve the issues. They also discussed what the do to prevent re-occurrences in the
same area, and Andrew is shown one of the signs that can be posted at the site.
Amy Brown, with Efficiency Nova Scoa shared many of the programs that her organizaon offers to help save electricity. They
include Home energy assessments, the Home
energy report, Low income programs, home
heang advice, appliance rerement, and instant rebates on energy efficient products. They also offer advice with
new home construcon, and can arrange financing to help with energy
efficient renovaons. They have Energy soluon Advisors who are a great
resource to offer personal support, technical advice, and referrals. Since
they have started, Efficiency N.S. had served 150,000 customers, and
saved millions of dollars in power costs.
The Nova Scoa Adopt-A-Highway Program
“Put Lier in it’s Place!”
VOLUNTEER INFORMATION
INFORMATION SESSION UPDATE (CON’T)
During our volunteer Round Table, Michèle Ashby of St. James United Church in Angonish shared an experience from
last Fall. She asked some of the local fast food restaurants to provide a staff member to help with their cleanup. One
restaurant agreed, and provided two staff members, and another business has indicated that they will also help out part
in the Spring. Jean McHarq with the Friends of Crescent Beach , Green Bay and Area Society told of their experience of
geOng the local Grad 6 & 7 classes of Pete Reviere school to help with their cleanup. They do a road, and also the
beach area, and it is a great me to also educate the youth to respect and take care of the
beach vicinity. Other volunteer also shared some ps and thoughts on the program.
Coni Murray, Co-Chair of the AAH Program, made a special presentaon of a new hat
to Nomran Bird( leE). Norman has been a member of our AAH commi+ee for many years,
and was a big help with the organizing of the Informaon Session. We were fortunate to
have many door prizes for our volunteers, and Gina is shown presenng one to Bill Alexander
of the Alexander Family, in Stanley Secon, Lunenburg
County.
We were fortunate that many members of our Adopt-AHighway commi+ee were able to a+end, These include
Mark Durnford, and Mike Turner ( N.S. Lions) Dale Lyon (RRFB N.S.) Charlynne Robertson (Clean Foundaon), Norman and Nancy ( Volunteers– At Large), Coni (Women's’
Instutes of N.S), and Gina. Other members were unable to a+end because of health
issues, or prior commitments. Overall it was a ideal opportunity to hear environmental speakers, share and learn from other groups, and get ready for the Spring Cleanup
season.
RRFB N)*+ S,)-.+- MOBIUS AWARDS
Many people in N.S. are not aware of the Mobius Awards but they recognize very important iniaves in waste reducon
in our province. Many individuals and organizaons are using ingenuity and innovaon to
significantly reduce the amount of waste they send to the landfills. RRFB N.S has set an impressive goal for our province of 300 kg of waste per year per person and these recipients
are helping to get us there. The awards were held in October at Pier 21 in Halifax. The inspiraonal guest speaker was Jon Montgomery, gold metal winner in skeleton at the Vancouver Olympics, and host of “The Amazing Race Canada (pictured with Gina Bain, program
coordinator, at leE). Jon congratulated N.S. on their waste programs and was aware that
we were among the leaders in Canada with reducons in the amount of waste per capita.
The Nova Scoa Liquor Commission, was the large business of the year. In recognion of their admirable efforts. They have set a goal of zero waste, and are diverng 9899% of their cans, bo+les, cardboard boxes, plasc bags and everything else from the landfill!
Another impressive organizaon that significantly reduced the amount of garbage is Wearwell Garments In Stellarton. They send their fabric scraps to t texle recycler, and reduced their waste by 100,000 pounds per year! They also
recycle their cardboard, plasc and refundable containers. They generously donated the proceeds from the refundables
to the IWK.
It is always encouraging to hear of schools that have great programs to get their
youth on the right track. Two schools recognised this year were Thompkins Memorial
School in Reserve Mines (pictured at leE) and Northfield Elementary, Lunenburg County (pictured at right). They increased their diversion rate to 75-80% and have implemented many programs that were introduced
and implemented by the students themselves .
These are just a few examples of excellent
efforts around our province to help reach our
reduced waste goal. A full list of winners of the Mobius awards are listed on the
RRFB N.S.’s website. If you know of someone in your area that is doing an admirable job in reducing/recycling/reusing, please consider nominang them next year
for a Mobius Award.
F+33 2014 C35+678 958)9A big thank you to all the groups and individuals who parcipated in the Fall 2014 cleanup such as the Dartmouth
PigDogs RFC, shown here on their first cleanup on Burnside Drive.
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596 Phoenix Royal Air Cadets, Tatamagouche
Alexander Family, Stanley Secon
Annapolis Valley Geocachers, Kingston
Baha’i Community of Truro, Lower Onslow
Bluenose Coastal Acon Foundaon, Mahone Bay
Bluewave Energy Ltd., Cole Harbour
Broad Cove Community Associaon
Coastal Cruisers, Bridgewater
Dartmouth PigDogs Rugby Football Club, Burnside
Earth Day Friends, Tatamagouche
Eric & Joyce Higgins, Higginsville
Fellowship Lodge #112 (AF & FM), Bible Hill
Forest Heights Community School O2 Students,
Chester Grant
Friends of Taylor Head Park, Spry Bay
Gospel Light Bapst Church Youth Group,
Harrietsfield
Guysborough Academy Green Team,
Guysborough
Guysborough
Waste
Management
Facility,
Boylston to Monastery
Hill n’ Dale 4-H Club, Wileville
Kempt Road Group, Grand Anse
Knights of Columbus – St. Thomas More
Council, Dartmouth
Laura Lee and Gil, South Brookfield
Mahone Bay Area Lions Club
Me to We Group, Tiverton-Freeport
Meteghan Lions Club
Middleton & District Lions Club
Nailed It Construcon, Sheet Harbour (ongoing)
New Germany & Area Lions Club
Northumberland Regional High School, Alma
Point Aconi Generang Staon, Bras d’Or
Port Williams & District Lions Club and
Port Williams WI; and NKEC Band
Rhyno’s Ltd., Bridgewater
River John 4-H Club
Riverport & District Lions Club
Second Paradise Retreat,
St. James United Church, Angonish
St. Margaret’s Bay Lions Club
St. Mary’s District Lions Club
The John Howard Society, Dartmouth
The John Howard Society, Halifax
The John Howard Society, Sackville
TOPS NS #2045 East Jeddore
Truro Lions Club/2nd Truro Scouts and
Venturers, North River
White Point Beach Resort, Liverpool
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Please send in your permit to ensure
that your group is listed in the latest
edion of our newsle+er. This permit
gives us important informaon such
as the number of hours spent on the
cleanups, amount of garbage and recyclables collected,
and the number of volunteers that took part. We like to
hear about your unusual finds as well.
If your group is missing from this cleanup list, please nofy our office, and you will be included in the next newsle+er.
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You never know what you might find in the ditch, and we
enjoy hearing about your unusual finds. Some of the
items found in the Fall of 2014 were a reclining chair,
microwave oven, drive wheel from a car, windshield,
freezer lid, stroller, broom, hair extensions, fishing rod,
lei, a safe– (opened and empty), a raccoon skull, washer,
brand new teddy bear, electronics board, and a “Dodge
Ram” decal.
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Is now accepting registrations!
T
he Great Nova Scoa Pick-Me-Up launches this spring
and registraons are now open all year round for teams
across the province!
Spring weather will eventually arrive, and with it the li+er
and garbage underneath all that melng snow. AEer a
parcularly long winter and an unprecedented amount of
snow, li+er will make an unsightly appearance as never
before. The Clean Foundaon (Clean) has a soluon and is
inving all Nova Scoans (families, youth, individuals,
businesses and schools) to take part in the Great Pick-MeUp, our long-standing li+er abatement program and one
of the largest volunteer iniaves in the province to tackle this issue.
With support from municipalies, Clean will provide
teams with everything they need to run a successful li+er
clean-up event. Groups can register by calling (902) 4203474 or by going online at nspickmeup.ca. Clean will send
a free kit that includes supplies, informaon on how to
coordinate your event and a data card to track results.
Li+er is an eyesore, poses health risks, affects water quality, and is oEen mistaken as food for wildlife. Studies show
people tend to li+er in areas where there is already garbage on the ground. That’s why Clean wants Nova Scoans to pick it up and promote clean communies across
the province.
Clean is encouraging teams to post photos of their teams
in acon to social media using the hashtag
#GladToCleanUp
The huge amount of snow that is sll in our
area could create problems when an appropriate
me for highway cleanups finally arrives. We imagine that many groups may want to carry our their
cleanup at the same me. This may not be a concern
if your local TIR depot only has one or two groups
associated with it. For depots that have several AAH
groups, scheduling could become a problem, We ask
that our groups have paence and show consideraon for other volunteers and TIR staff in this situaon.
It may be helpful to give the depot lots of noce when you decide on the date of you r cleanup.
Some depots have a limited number of safety vests,
and may not be able to provide vests to another
group for their cleanup unl the supplies from a pervious cleanup are returned. One possibility is to consider doing your cleanup on an evening through the
week, instead of on the weekend when there is more
demand for the supplies. (somemes an evening
may be a be+er me for the volunteers as well!)
Groups may also be able to arrange for the transfer
of supplies themselves, if one group does a cleanup
in the morning, and another group would like to do
their cleanup in the aEernoon, or the next day.
We are hoping that our volunteers can work
together to make this a successful cleanup season,
despite the colossal snowfall of the past winter!
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C)6-5<We are again holding our Spring Li+er Sweep
Contest for 2015. To enter
the contest, parcipate in
the Spring clean up and photograph your most unusual
lier found by your group
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Mail your completed
Adopt-a-Highway
permit
from your Spring 2015 cleanup and a photograph of your unusual lier, to the AdoptA-Highway Office, 90 Research Drive, Bible Hill, NS B6L
2R2. You could also email your entry to [email protected].
Your group could win a cash prize of $200, $100 or $50
for your picture.
Winner to be announced in the Fall 2015 newsleer.
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: JULY 16, 2015
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-All volunteers are eligible to receive various Adopt-A-Highway
promoonal items for carrying
out their roadside cleanup!
Groups can request these items
when they send in their completed
Li+er Cleanup Permit. We have
refillable pocket hand sanizers,
tape measures, bandage dispensers, pens, and window decals available. A recent item that we have
added is a insulated lunch bag.
Brand new this Spring is a magnec
clip (pictured at leE) that is great
for holding memos and important
papers.
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Now that winter has
come to an end, it’s
me to start thinking
about your upcoming
spring cleanup.
Here is a check list of
items to help you prepare.
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Discuss with your
group the best day to
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perform the cleanup.
Request an Adopt-A-Highway Program Cleanup permit at least one week before your cleanup from the
local depot of the Department of Transportaon
and Infrastructure Renewal (TIR). They will arrange
to have safety vests, garbage bags, flagging tape
and supplies ready for your group.
On the day of the cleanup, review the safety guidelines with all members of your volunteer group.
Make sure the contact person for your group has a
copy of the permit with them during the cleanup.
Take a picture of your unusual finds, and enter our
Spring Li+er Sweep Contest
Fill out the permit aEer your cleanup.
Return the department vests and unused garbage
bags, etc. Keep a copy of the permit for your records, give the Department of TIR depot a copy and
send a copy to the Adopt-A-Highway office. This is
very important! This informaon is essenal for
our records, and is needed for your group to be included in our newsle+er.
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The Office of the Premier of N.S. has proclaimed
that May 4th will again be Adopt-A-Highway in Nova
Scoa. We are appreciave that the members of
the Legislave Assembly connue to recognize our
hard working volunteers with this special recognion!
J).6 )79 E;+.3 3.<Postage is connually increasing, and if you would like to help reduce our costs, and reduce waste,
sign up to receive our newsleer
electronically, via email! Simply send
an email stang your request, and
your email address, to [email protected] and you will be
added to our electronic mailing list.
Another opon we have added is to receive the
newsle+er by regular mail, and to receive other correspondence, such as noces and V.I.S. informaon, by
email. Please consider this easy opon to help with our
expenses, and the environment!
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This winter we have an incredible accumulaon of
snow in many areas of the province. There is a good
chance that the snow plows may wreaked havoc with your
AAH recognion signs. They may have been knocked
down, or damaged
by the plows. Please
have a look at your
signs along your
route this Spring. If
they need a+enon,
either with reinstallaon, or repair, please
let our office know,
and we will pass this
along to your local depot.
Important Dates!
April 22, 2015 — Earth Day
May ?—
Great Pick-me-up Clean up Kick off
May 4, 2015 - N.S. Adopt-A-Highway Day
1st Week in June - Environment / Tourism Week
3rd Week in October - Waste Reducon Week
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At mes the weather would cooperate last fall, and this allowed our volunteers to get out and improve the appearance of
their communies. We had 43 groups take part, picking up 844 bags of garbage, and 59 bags of recyclables. We had over
557 volunteers take part, and they cleanup up 213 kilometres of highway and 5 interchange areas. We truly appreciate
their me and effort they dedicate to cleaning up the li+er in their area.
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The total for the year is over 66 tonnes of garbage and recyclables
(4,453 bags) picked up off 822 kilometers of road ways and eleven exits, by over 2,100 volunteers. Well done & Thank You!!
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Cape Breton, Inverness, Richmond, Victoria
Antigonish, Guysborough, Pictou
Colchester, Cumberland, Hants East
Halifax, HRM
Annapolis, Kings
Hants West, Lunenburg, Queens
Digby Yarmouth
GRAND TOTALS
Region
Km.
Adopted
Bags of
Garbage
Bags of
Recyclables
Volunteers
Individual
Hours
Total
Volunteer
Hours
Tonnes
Of
Litter
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59.0
204
8
98
39.50
329.00
3.2
2
188.0
876
89
527
65.50
1334.50
14.5
3
75.7
643
15
191
55.50
531.00
9.9
4
152.0
1252
46
505
111.00
1370.50
19.5
5
107.5
383
11
286
51.75
674.50
5.9
6
191.0
564
79
395
93.75
976.75
9.6
7
49.0
255
28
99
20.25
220.50
4.2
11 Exits
822.2
4177
276
2101
437.25
5436.75
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RRFB N)*+ S,)-.+ R58)9N.S. R5,F,35< C)6-5<From September to February, Grade Primary to 12 students across the province parcipate in various acvies from colouring contests to short films to
promote parcipaon in waste reducon. More than
$55,000 in cash, prizes and scholarships is available annually for students and schools.
They had an abundance of terrific entries this year, and
the winners in the different regions are listed on their
website at : www.putwasteinitsplace.ca . Congratulaons to all of the winners!
Nova Scoa’s Adopt-A-Highway Program is supported
by:
LITTERature is a semi-annual newsle+er published by
the Nova Scoa Adopt-A-Highway Program. If you have
missed a recent issue of our Adopt-A-Highway newsle+er,
be sure to check out our website for a link to many of our
previous issues, along with updated informaon regarding
the program.
www.novascoa.ca/agri/wi/projects/adopt.shtml
If you have any quesons about the Adopt-A-Highway program or this newsle+er, please contact:
NEW GROUPS
We are pleased to Welcome these new groups to the Gina Bain, Program Coordinator
Nova Scoa Adopt-A-Highway Program
Adopt-A-Highway program:
90 Research Drive, Bible Hill, NS B6L 2R2
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Rotary Club of Sackville & Area, Lower Sackville
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Musquodoboit Harbour Lions Club, Musquodoboit Telephone: (902) 843-9467
Fax: (902) 843-1030
harbour (re-joining)
Email: [email protected]
This newsleer is printed on FSC paper.
AAH CLEANUP REPORTS
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The Dartmouth PigDogs RFC carried out
their first cleanup of their adopted road
in October 2014. the have adopted
Burnside Drive in Dartmouth. It is great
to have this busy thourghfare receive a
cleanup from this community minded
sports team. They had 15 volunteers
take part, and collected 31 bags of trash
including a stroller. The club thought
the event was a lot of fun and are looking forward to their next cleanup!
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The Meteghan District Lions Club had their clean up of Highway #1
in their community under less than ideal condions. The weather
did not cooper but they braved rainy windy and cold condions
and were successful in compleng their 6.5 km, cleanup. They
had 8 volunteers take part and were happy to have 4 youth assisng them. They collected 25 bags of li+er. They were pleased
to report that this was a reducon was compared to last year. 45
bags of li+er They are glad that it appears that the local cizens
are taking more priced in keeping their main highway cleanup.
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The Port Williams & District Lions Club held their cleanup in Mid-October.
Their route is on Highway #358 from Greenwich to the Canard River. They
had thirteen parcipants including Lions, community volunteers and two
students from Landmark East School in Wolfville. Eighteen bags were collected , including this sofa chair along with 1/2 bag of recyclables and .
Pictured at leE are, leE to right. Lin Dave Seaboyer (in the chair) King Lion
Kendall Hutchinson, Ken Pick, Stan Dodge, Deanna Smith, Lion Eldon Smith,
Lion Patricia Hamm, Evan Fairn and Lion Brian Tupper.
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The St. Margaret's Bay Lions Club held a successful highway cleanup on their secon of Highway #213 from Highway 103 to the St. Margaret’s Bay Road. Thanks to
all the parcipants who made this day a great success with over 40 bags of garbage
collected. Thanks also to Lion Jim Miller made arrangements and organized the
project. Pictured at right are Reg Sollows, Jim Miller. Steve Belliveau and Harry
Ward. Other parcipants were Margot Fraser, Warren Wya+ and Leonard Bugbee.
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The Baha’I group of Truro performed their cleanup of Exit 14A in Onslow,
outside Truro. They were happy to resume their cleanup of the exit, as
they had been finding it difficult to do their cleanup because of an aging
membership. They were able to get enough volunteers this Fall, and accommodated their schedule. All were not able to come at the same me,
so some came early and leE early, while another groups came later on in
the cleanup. They picked up 16 bags of garbage and found a car windshield and the discarded lid off a freezer. They had eight volunteers help
out, and completed the cleanup in 1 1/2 hours.
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Guysborough academy had their annual highway clean up on Monday,
November 10th, and was a great success! This annual cleanup includes
the enre student body and staff at Chedabucto Educaon Centre/Guysborough Academy of 325 students and staff. Our 5 km stretch
of highway through the village of Guysborough, our school grounds and
addional side streets were cleaned. They collected 40bags of garbage
and 10 bags of recyclables. The Green Team here at the school leads
this process for the enre school. They also sent along of some pictures
of their unusual finds that are posted on page ## of the newsle+er. The
Green Team at Chedabucto Educaon Centre/Guysborough Academy
(collecvely referred to as Chedabucto Place) sent along their thanks for
the support that they receive from the AAH program.
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The Annapolis Valley Geocachers again did a cleanup of their interchange area at Exit #17E of Highway 101 near Kingston. . They got
together in mid-October and picked up 13 bags of garbage and a
small bag of recyclables. They had and had a good turnout for their
event with 13 volunteers helping out.
They found many unusual items this year during their cleanup including car parts, hair extensions, Rubbermaid containers. A bowl,
fishing rod, and a container of wet ones.
HILL N’ DALE 4-H CLUB
CLUB
In early November Hill n’ Dale 4-H Club finally got a dry Saturday to
clean up their route on Highway #325 in Wileville. They had 20 young
4–Hers, leaders and parents ready to start with a cold 5 degree temperature and 50-60 km/hour winds. With a lot of rain previously, the
condions were not great, however the persevered and collected 28
bags of garbage and 2 bags of recyclables. Everyone was pleased
they did the job although some had cold feet and hands. Hot chocolate and food was welcome!
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Nova Scotia’s Adopt-A-Highway Program
Fall 2015
UPDATES FROM OUR ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY GROUPS
Annapolis Valley Geocachers
The Annapolis Valley Geocachers were one of our
earliest groups to complete their Spring Cleanup.
Even though there was still snow in many of the
ditches around the province, they arranged to do
their cleanup of Exit #17E near Kingston to coincide
with the World Geocaching Cache In - Trash Out
Event. This was scheduled for the weekend of April
24th- 27th. Another geocaching group, the Atlantic
Canada Geocaching Association, managed to complete their cleanup on Hwy #3 in Five Rivers / Timberlea that weekend as well. The Annapolis Valley
Geocachers had 23 volunteers take part and
picked up 11 bags of litter in less than an hour, making fast work of their cleanup.
Lake Echo Lions Club
The Lake Echo Lions Club was joined by the Lake Echo Watershed Association; the Lake Echo Boaters Association;
the Lake Echo Lakers baseball group; the Porter's Lake Schooners baseball group, their coaches, and other community members; and the Mineville Community group to clean litter from highway ramps and a car park common to all of them. The Lake Echo Lions Club group collected 100 garbage bags and two recycling bags. The most
common litter was coffee cups, pop cans and other fast food waste, but they also found tires, scrap metal, car
parts, electronics and even a toilet bowl. The clean up included the highway through their community, several
streets and side roads, the shoreline, beach and recreation area of Lake Echo. They also tidied up the roadside
shoreline of a pond that is home to many species of
wildlife, and is part of the Lake Echo Watershed system.
They feel that keeping their communities clean is important. They would like to help people understand it is
NOT OKAY to throw away garbage.
The Nova Scotia Adopt-A-Highway Program
“Put Litter in its Place!”
Friends of Crescent Beach Green Bay & Area Society
This group was lucky to pick the only sunny day in the week for their
cleanup of Crescent Beach Road, and the beach area. Grade 5 & 6 classes
came from Portipique school to help out, so it was fortunate that the
weather was favourable. The students did a great job and picked up 17
bags of litter and one bag of recyclables during the cleanup. They were
treated to juice and cookies after the cleanup. They also received AAH
insulated lunch bags, which they loved!
Mt. Uniacke Cleanup Party
The Mt. Uniacke Cleanup Party had a wet day for their cleanup, receiving approximately 6mm of rain. Community members, including their Fire Department and RCSCC 356 Sea Cadets, worked to collect almost 900 kilograms of
litter (almost 100 bags)! Their 12 kilometre route includes Highway #1 in the
Mount Uniacke - Lakelands area. They had an unusual find during their
event; a large bag of coins. This was a prize winner in our Litter Sweep contest (details on the last page of our newsletter). They are thankful for the
opportunity to represent their community with this event, and improve the
appearance of the local area.
Enfield, Elmsdale & District Lions Club
Enfield, Elmsdale and District Lions Club also had a wet
day for their cleanup. They persevered and collected
over 500 kilograms of litter from their route on the Old
Enfield Road and Horne Settlement Road. After the
cleanup, they were rewarded for their hard work and
resilience with pizza provided by Papa K’s in Enfield
and water and soft drinks donated by Sobeys in
Elmsdale. They also received various promotional items from the
AAH program. Gloves and garbage bags were provided by Rona in
Elmsdale. A big "Thank you" to The Journey Church, Enfield Scouts
and Guides and various family volunteers for their participation.
Port Williams & District Lions Club
The Port Williams and District Lions Club had assistance from community residents for their AAH cleanup on a sunny Saturday in mid-May. The results are encouraging, and they found significantly less garbage than in other years. After all the
hard work, the participants enjoyed refreshments provided by the Lions Club. Wooden
handles from broken hoes,
brooms etc. can be given to local
Lions, and they will be recycled
into garbage pick-up sticks. Additional photos of the cleanup can
be found on the Village web site
photo
gallery
at
www.portwilliams.com
(go to
“Community” and then “Village
photo gallery”).
Spring 2015 Cleanup Report
A big thank you to all the groups and individuals who participated in the Spring 2015
cleanup, including this member of the Port
Williams & District Lions pictured at right!!
 250 Vimy Air Cadets, Tantallon—Lewis
Lake
 569 Colonel GN Henderson Air Cadet
Squadron, Brookfield
 719 Stora Air Cadet Squadron, Port Hawkesbury
 Alexander Family, Stanley Section
 Annapolis Royal Lions Club, Allan’s Creek
 Annapolis Valley Geocachers, Kingston
 Antigonish Kinsmen 378 (with Port Hawkesbury Antigonish
Swim Club),
 Antigonish Lions Clubs & Cadets
 Atlantic Canada Geocaching Association, Five Rivers Timberlea
 Annapolis West Education Centre, Annapolis
 Bass River Heritage Society
 Bedford Lions Club
 Bluenose Coastal Action Foundation, Mahone Bay
 Bridgetown Lions Club & Army Cadets
 Brierly Brook Road Group, Antigonish
 Broad Cove Community Association
 Brookfield Community Assembly
 Clarence 4-H Club
 Coastal Cruisers, Bridgewater
 Coldbrook & District Lions Club and Leos
 Community of Lawrencetown Beach
 Dartmouth PigDogs RFC, Burnside
 Dartmouth Rotary Club
 Dillon Consulting, Halifax
 Earth Day Friends, Tatamagouche
 East Bay Area Community Council
 Enfield & Elmsdale District Lions Club
 Englishtown Community Hall
 Eric & Joyce Higgins, Higginsville
 Fables, Tatamagouche
 Fellowship Lodge #112(AF&AM), Bible Hill
 Forest Heights Community School O2 Students, Chester
Grant
 Freeport Development Association (with Islands Track and
Field)
 Friends of Crescent Beach / Green Bay & Area Society
 Friends of Route 245, North Grant
 Friends of Taylor Head Park, Spry Bay
 Gospel Light Baptist Church Youth Group, Harrietsfield
 Great Village & Area Community School and Friends of the
Community
 Guysborough Waste Management, Monastery to Bolyston
 Harley Owners Group – Central Chapter, N.S., Elmsdale Lantz
 Hill n’ Dale 4-H Club, Newcombville
 HMCS Halifax, Halifax Stanfield International Airport
 Hopewell 4-H Club
 Hub Campers, Lanesville
 Islands WI (with Islands Track & Field) Tiverton
 Kingston Lions Club
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LRHS Key Club, Liverpool
Ladies Auxiliary, Sluice Point
Lake Echo Lions Club
Laura Lee & Gil Johnson, South Brookfield
Lawrencetown Lions Club
Linden 4-H Club, Linden Corner to Shinimicas
Lismore Community Hall
Lower River Road Group, Cleveland
MacPherson’s Mills Women’s Institute
Maxxam Analytics, Bedford
Medway River Salmon Association, Charleston Bridge to
Greenfield
Michelin Health & Safety Group, Granton
Michelin North America, Waterville
Middleton Lions Club
Milford & District Lions Club & Air Cadets
Millennium1 Solutions, Hebbville
Mortgage Managers, Hammonds Plains
Moschelle Community Circle
Mt. Uniacke Clean-Up Party, Mt. Uniacke- Lakelands
Musquodoboit Harbour Lions Club
Nailed It Construction, Sheet Harbour (ongoing)
New Germany & Area Lions Club
North Shore Volunteer Fire Dept., Cribbons Point to
Malignant Cove
Northumberland Regional High School, Alma
Nova Scotia Jeep Club, Upper Sackville
Oakland Indian Point Residents Association
Point Aconi Generating Station, Bras d’Or
Port Williams & District Lions Club & WI & Community
Porter’s Lake Cleanup Crew
Remi Roy, Stewiacke
Rhyno’s Ltd., Bridgewater
River John Consolidated School & 4-H Club
River John & Area Lions Club
River Phillip Community Hall
Rotary Club of Sackville and Area, Lower Sackville
Rotary Club of Sydney - Sunrise
Rotary Club of Truro
Salt Springs 4-H Club
Second Paradise Retreat, Second Peninsula
Sobeys – Bridgewater, Dayspring
Someone Cares Committee, St. Andrews
Spa Springs Women’s Institute
Springhill 2011 Lions Club
St. Andrew’s 4-H Club
St. James United Church, Antigonish
St. John’s United Church Men’s Club, Wallace
St. Margaret’s Bay Lions Club
St. Paul's Church / Spryfield Scout Troop
Stillwater Community Group
Stop the Proposed N. Construction Quarry Near Miller Lake
Group, Fall River
Sunrise 4-H Club, Truemanville
The Baha'i Community of West Hants, Windsor Forks
The John Howard Society (2 routes - Dartmouth and Halifax)
The Rascals, Portipique
Tidy Highway 245, North Grant
Toney River Community Centre (Continued on next page)
Spring 2015 Cleanup Report (Continued)
 TOPS NS #2045 East Jeddore
 Truro Lions Club / 2nd Truro Scouts and Venturers,
North River
 Unama’ki Voyageurs Métis Trail, Louisdale
 Valley Kemptown & District Fire Department, Valley
 West Branch United Church
 Western Kings 4-H Club, Somerset
 Weymouth Lions Branch Club
 White Point Beach Resort, Liverpool
 Wilson Family, Port Howe to Riverview
 Wolfville Lions Club, Wolfville-Grand Pré
 Yarmouth Area Community Fund, Grove Road - Overton
Lake Echo Lions Club (pictured
at right) had a good turnout for
their cleanup this year.
Message From Our Co-Chair
Greetings. It is a pleasure for me to send a message to all volunteers whether it is as a committee
member, volunteer of Adopt-A-Highway or an interested person.
What an exciting year we had with Adopt-A-Highway whether it was at the Committee meetings where
we listened to the many reports presented by the members in attendance or at the Volunteer Information Session where volunteers from throughout the province of Nova Scotia meet to discuss and
share their many experiences.
Volunteers are so very important and the volunteers related to the work of Adopt-A-Highway are
equally important in helping make Nova Scotia's countryside beautiful and something for us to be so
proud of. We are all so proud of the work by Gina Bain in the office and the way in which she does her job with dedication, professionalism and in such a pleasant manner.
Lastly, and most importantly, thank you to all who climbed up and down the ditches to remove waste and thank you to
those who not only work one or two weekends over the year but continue to be on the lookout for waste throughout the
year. Your dedication is greatly appreciated.
Ellen MacGillivary Simpson
Co-Chairperson Adopt-A-Highway
Spring Cleanup Totals !!
Our groups have had another very productive Spring with more than 52 tonnes of litter and recyclables being picked up
off our roadways, streets and interchanges. Our gratitude goes out to all of the 1,575 volunteers who took the time to
join in on this monumental effort to improve the appearance of our beautiful province!
We also heard from several groups that they had made plans for their cleanup, but had to cancel because of wet conditions or inclement weather. Hopefully things will work out for their next scheduled event.
Counties
Cape Breton, Inverness, Richmond, Victoria
Antigonish, Guysborough, Pictou
Colchester, Cumberland, Hants East
Halifax, HRM
Annapolis, Kings
Hants West, Lunenburg, Queens
Digby, Yarmouth
GRAND TOTALS
Region
Kilometres
Adopted
Bags of
Garbage
Bags of
Recyclables
Volunteers
Individual
Hours
Total
Volunteer
Hours
TONNES
OF LITTER
1
37.0
85
2
61
15.5
172.5
1.31
2
201.0
805
91
435
61.0
1223.5
13.44
3
126.0
863
25
268
69.0
857.0
13.32
4
111.5
870
27
370
90.0
1159.5
13.46
5
70.0
204
3
194
35.5
419.5
3.11
6
103.5
409
20
210
52.5
574.0
6.44
7
26.0
96
4
42
10.0
107.0
1.50
675.0
9 Exits
3332
172
1580
333.5
4513.0
52.56
Extra Extra,
Read All About It
- News From AAH!
Looking for Volunteer Information
Session Hosts
We really enjoy holding our Volunteer Information
Session in different areas of the province. Next Spring, it
will be time to come back to the central portion of the
province, as we plan to do this every three years. If you
would like to host our V.I.S., send a proposal including a
venue, caterer, cost estimates, and a possible tour site/
idea. We will decide on the location for our 2016 V.I.S. in
late January.
Annual Report / Brochure
We have published an annual report for our program
with a wrap up of our activities and highlights for the year.
We also have an updated brochure available for anyone
that would like to help spread the word about our program. If you would like either of these items, let us know
and we can send them out.
Oops!
We missed reporting on one group that did their
Spring Cleanup in 2014. The Baha’i Community of West
Hants had 15 adults and youth take part in their event.
They picked up 22 bags of garbage along their 3 kilometer
route. Thanks to all involved for continuing with their traditional Spring cleanup.
What Are the Effects
of Litter?
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Litter can cause a whole range of problems for everyone in the community. Litter discarded along our
road can even travel to our rivers and oceans, where
it can cause harm to wildlife.
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Litter costs money. Removing litter from the environment costs Nova Scotia taxpayers thousands of dollars each year.
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Litter is a threat to public health. Litter attracts vermin and is a breeding ground for bacteria. Items
such as broken glass and syringes can be a health
hazard in public places.
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Litter can be a fire hazard. Accumulated litter and
carelessly discarded cigarette butts are potential fire
hazards.
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Litter looks bad. Litter negatively affects the image of
places, especially tourist locations.
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Litter attracts litter. Litter sends out a message that
people do not care for the environment and that it is
acceptable to litter.
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Litter can harm or kill wildlife. Plastic litter can choke
or suffocate birds and marine life. Carelessly discarded containers can trap small mammals.
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Animals can be attracted to roadsides by litter as a
possible food source, and could be hit by a car. Wildlife near the road can also create a hazard for passing motorists, cyclists, and motorcyclists.
Getting the Word Out…
One of our AAH groups, the Port Williams & Area
Lions Club & WI, had an article about their cleanup in the
Kings County Advertiser. Pictures of the event can be
viewed on the Port Williams town website.
A letter from AAH Program Coordinator Gina Bain
was printed in the ‘Feedback” section of Saltscapes magazine. The letter was written to express thanks for the
“Fouling the Nest” article concerning litter that was featured in their January/February issue.
An information booth was placed at the N.S. provincial Exhibition in Truro during the week of August 18th 22nd. Brochures and applications were available to the
public who were interested in learning more about our
program.
Many groups have placed notices on their website
and Facebook pages about their cleanups This is a great
way to let others know about various cleanup events.
Some of the litter picked up by the Lake Echo Lions Club.
New Contact Information
We now have a new item in our mailing address. We
are required to use our Suite number on the address for
our letter mail. The revised address is:
Suite 207, 90 Research Drive,
Bible Hill, NS B6L 2R2
Notices for our AAH Groups
Promotional Items
All volunteers are eligible
to receive various Adopt-AHighway promotional items for
carrying out their roadside cleanup! Groups can request these
items when they send in their
completed Litter Cleanup Permit. We have refillable pocket hand sanitizers, tape measures, bandage dispensers, and
pens. New items that have been added recently include a
thermal lunch bag and magnetic clip.
Electronic Newsletter
If you would like to help reduce the use of paper,
and reduce postage costs, please sign up to receive our
newsletter electronically, via email! Simply send an email
stating your request, and your email address, to
[email protected] and you will be added to our electronic
mailing list. Another option we have added is to receive
the newsletter by regular mail, and to receive other correspondence, such as notices and Volunteer Information Session information, by email.
Please Send in your Permit
To guarantee your group is listed
in the latest edition of our newsletter,
please ensure a copy of your permit is
forwarded to the Adopt-A-Highway
office. This permit gives us important
information such as the number of
hours spent on the cleanups, amount
of garbage collected, etc.
If your group is missing from this cleanup list, please
notify our office, and you will be included in the next newsletter.
We Like to Hear from You!
We love to have pictures of your group doing your
Spring & Fall Cleanups. Snap some photos of your group
and send them to the AAH office (as the Lake Echo Lions
Club have done) when you submit your cleanup permit.
They may be included in the upcoming editions of LITTERature
TERature! You could also include “before and after”
shots of your highway or interchange area. Send in your
suggestions and ideas and we may pass them along in a
future newsletter.
Fall Cleanup Preparations
Now that summer is coming to an
end, it’s time to start
thinking about your
upcoming Fall cleanup.
Here is a check list of
items to help you prepare.
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Discuss with your group the best day to perform the
cleanup.
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Request an Adopt-A-Highway Program Cleanup permit
at least one week before your cleanup from the local
TIR depot (or HRM office). They will arrange to have
the supplies ready for your group.
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On the day of the cleanup, review the safety guidelines with all members of your volunteer group.
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Fill out the information on the Litter Cleanup Permit
after your cleanup. Keep a copy of the permit for your
records, give the Department of TIR depot a copy and
send a copy to the Adopt-A-Highway office.
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Return the safety vests and unused garbage bags, etc.
in the next day or two. This is important as there may
be another group that needs the supplies for their
scheduled cleanup. We have had reports that a group
cannot carry out their cleanup because the supplies
have not been returned in a timely manner. Please
have consideration for other volunteers and their
plans, and return the items to the depot as soon as
you can.
TIR Depot Staff Notice
The Dept. of TIR is our most important partner, and
we have received many
complimentary reports on
how great the TIR staff are
when working with our
AAH Groups. Please let us
know if your dealings with
the local depot staff, or
HRM office, have been
outstanding during your
cleanups. We may mention them in a future edition of our newsletter.
Updates from our Program Partners
Clean Foundation
RRFB Nova Scotia Report
This spring and summer was a busy one with the
Great Nova Scotia Pick-Me-Up. Over 16,000 people have
participated in over 300 events since April and nearly 9,000
bags of garbage and over 1,000 bags of recycling were collected by teams.
PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS
Congratulations to all seven winners in the ‘Glad to Cleanup’ photo contest held earlier this summer.
Region 1 – The Downtown Sydney Trash Busters
Region 2 – Paqnkek First Nations
Region 3 - Gladys O and the Glad Bag Handlers
(pictured below)
Region 4 - Mount Uniacke Clean-up Party
Region 5 - Waterville Baptist Church Youth Group
Region 6 - JC Wickwire Academy Green Team
Region 7 - Yarmouth Life Skills
All seven groups did a great job engaging with their
communities and
we are happy to
say that every
winning
team
plans to put the
prize money towards local community projects.
These
projects
range from operating funds for
local
organizations to new environmental projects in their
community.
We want to thank all the individuals, families, school
groups and workplaces who participated in the contest as
well as the Great NS Pick-Me-Up! Your hard work, stewardship and passion has helped spread the word on litter issues and contributed to a healthier and cleaner province!
Entry forms soon will be distributed to schools
throughout the province for the NS Recycles Contest.
$55,000 in cash, prizes and scholarships is available for
students and school in various categories.
The Mobius Awards will be presented in midOctober for Excellence in Waste Reduction. This is a great
time to recognize individuals, groups and businesses
around the province that are doing an outstanding job with
reducing the amount of material that is sent to our landfills.
Information is available on their website at putwasteinitsplace.ca.
For updates and news from RRFB Nova Scotia, check
out their latest newsletter, The ReCap, which is also on
their website. They have extensive information about recycling, reducing, reusing, composting and funding programs for community groups as well.
WHAT HAVE WE FOUND?
To date, the most common litter items found by groups
participating in the Great N.S. Pick-Me-Up this year have
been disposable coffee cups, plastic bags, drink bottles and
cigarette butts. To prevent these items from entering the
environment, we suggest switching to reusable coffee
mugs, keeping litter bags in your vehicles and encouraging
your friends and family to do the same. Also, start considering what you buy before purchasing, ensuring the item is
recyclable and determining if there are alternate options
with less packaging.
Lions Clubs of Nova Scotia
As one of our founding
members, we are appreciative of
the great participation from the
Lions Clubs in our program (such
as the Weymouth Lions Branch
Club, pictured here).
Twenty
Lions Clubs in N.S. carried out a
roadside cleanup this Spring.
This accounts for almost 20% of our activity this season. We
appreciate this major contribution to our program from
this service group. The clubs are busy with many beneficial
projects across the province, and around the world!
Dept. of Transportation and
Infrastructure Renewal
As most people around the province will appreciate,
The Dept. of TIR had a very trying winter. With the colossal
amount of snow that we received, the staff and equipment
had to work longer and harder than most winters. The
snow lasted long into Spring, and therefore the Dept. went
right from plowing snow, into repairing roads and potholes.
This left very little transition time from one season to another. Because of this, the department was not able to carry out Spring litter cleanups as they have in other years.
Also, because of the large amount of snow, there
was quite a bit of sign damage. If your AAH recognition
sign was damaged or knocked down this past winter,
please let the office know, and we will contact your local
depot for replacements or repair.
We send a big Thank You to the TIR staff who worked
so diligently over the winter to clear the snow from the
roads, sometimes barely having time to clear the snow
from one storm before another one hit.
Updates … Continued
Nova Scotia Environment
Nova Scotia Environment has had a busy year, and
is considering changes with regards to solid waste regulations. They had previously released a document called
”Revising Our Path Forward: A public discussion paper
about solid waste regulations in N.S.” They asked for feed
back to proposed changes, and they compiled the comments into “What we Heard”. Both of these documents
contain many worthwhile ideas, and it will help to create
the path they will take in the future to best serve Nova
Scotians and their environmental needs. These documents can be found on their website
at
www.novascotia.ca/nse/waste/consultation.asp.
Women’s Institutes of N.S.
The Women’s Institutes of N.S. continue to be
active in our program with five participating branches.
Some of the branches are partnering with, or sponsoring,
youth groups to help out with the cleanups because of an
aging membership. We are glad that they continue to
support AAH, along with their many local, national and
international projects.
Unusual Finds
You never know what
you might find in the ditch,
and our groups found some
unusual items on their cleanups this Spring. They include
a bag of six cooked lobsters,
washing
machine
front
(Annapolis Valley Geocachers,
above), moose whistle, $5 bill, juicer, toaster, roasting
pan, animal jaw (Rhyno’s Ltd., below left) back pack,
beach ball, motorcycle helmet, pill cutter, gutter shark
(H.O.G. Central Chapter N.S., below right) tub surround,
vinyl siding, plow shoe from snow plow, bag of
StyrofoamTm, laundry basket, toy pick-up truck, $20,
chairs, rooster mug, kids fireman's helmet, microwave
oven, hockey pads, hair dryer, portable organ, patio cushion, wig, keyboard, bag of coins, exercise bicycle, and a
working air conditioner.
Halifax Regional Municipality
We have 18 groups active in HRM, and this Spring
over 2.5 tonnes of litter was picked up within their
boundaries. Over 100 volunteers have picked up litter on
the streets and roads in this area so far this year. Our volunteers work closely with the HRM Public Works office
and we thank Tina Boyd and other staff for assisting with
garbage pickup and supplies for the AAH groups.
NEW GROUPS
We are pleased to welcome Milleium1 Solutions in the Bridgewater
area (pictured at right) to the AAH program. They have adopted Highway #3 in
the Hebbville.
We are thrilled that
the following groups have recently
joined the AAH program as well:
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Oakland Indian Point Residents
Assoc., Mahone Bay
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Brookfield Community Assembly
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Valley Kemptown & District Fire Brigade, Exit #17,
Highway #102,Valley
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The Rascals, Portipique area
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Unama’ki Voyageurs Métis Trail, Louisdale
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The Co-Operators-Elmsdale Office, Enfield-Grand
Lake
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Enfield Rugby football Club, Elmsdale/Belnan
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Fire Stop Enterprises, Tatamagouche
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The Grove of Nova Scotia Druids, Halifax
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Cape Breton Paramedics, Sydney River
Nova Scotia’s Adopt-A-Highway Program is
funded by:
LITTERature is a semi-annual newsletter published
by the Nova Scotia Adopt-A-Highway Program. If you
have missed a recent issue of our Adopt-A-Highway newsletter, check out our website for a link to many of our previous issues, along with updated information regarding
the program www.novascotia.ca/agri/wins/adopt/.
If you have any questions about the Adopt-A-Highway
program or this newsletter, please contact:
Gina Bain, Program Coordinator
Nova Scotia Adopt-A-Highway Program
Suite 207, 90 Research Drive,
Bible Hill, NS B6L 2R2
Telephone: (902) 843-9467
Fax: (902) 843-1030
Email: [email protected]
This newsletter is printed on FSC paper.
This year, Salt Spring 4-H Club
changed their route to a nearby section of Hwy # 4. They had a good
turnout with 28 volunteers picking up
35 bags of trash. They found many
unusual items during their cleanup
St. Andrews 4-H Club held their
annual community cleanup , including a section of Highway #316, in
early May. They collected 37 bags
of garbage and 5 bags of recyclables during their 2 1/2 hour event.
Milford & Area Lions Club & 652 R.C.A.C.S. are seen
with some of the items found during their cleanup of
Highway #2 in Milford.
Isabelle and Sophie Lamoureux
of 250 Vimy Air Cadets in the
Tantallon area pose with the
recognition sign for their group.
HMCS Halifax completed their annual cleanup of Bell
Blvd., near the Stanfield Halifax International Airport.
They had better weather this year for their cleanup of
this busy thoroughfare.
Linden 4-H club recently rejoined our program, after taking a break because
their members were too young to carry out the roadside cleanup. Their
members are older now, and they had a great turnout for the cleanup. Approximately 15 people helped out, and they ended up with about 15 bags of
garbage. The most unusual item they came across was a cooler full of ants.
Their route is Highway #6 from Linden Corner to Shinimicas.
Millenium1 Solutions
Millenium1 Solutions is a brand new group that has
adopted Highway #3 in the Hebbville area, near
Bridgewater. They spent five hours on their cleanup
and picked up 45 bags of garbage. This group was
thrilled to have participated and support their community in this way. They are looking forward to the
fall when they get to do it all again.
Harley Owner’s Group - Central Chapter - N.S.
During their cleanup of Highway #2 in the Lantz
area, the H.O.G. collected many unusual items,
including the motorcycle helmet that they entered in our Litter Sweep Contest. They collected
54 bags of garbage, which filled the dumpster at
the Milford TIR depot. This group had some lunch
bags to give to the volunteers, and they were a
big hit. Extra bags were handed out to some
young people in the area to help spread the word
about our program.
Spring Litter Sweep Winners
First Place ($200):
West Branch United Church
This young member
of
the cleanup
group from West
Branch
United
Church decided to
have fun with their
unusual find. After
discovering the top
of a discarded electronic organ, she
pretended to play
the abandoned instrument. The judges of our contest
thought this was the most unusual item submitted this
year, and awarded it first place in our contest.
Second Place ($100):
Mt. Uniacke Clean-Up Party
The Mt. Uniacke Clean-up Party had a great turnout for
their community event despite very wet conditions (see
write-up on page 7). They had help from their Fire Department and RCSCC 356 Sea Cadets. One of the teams
found a fairly large bag of coins!! Our judges wondered
how a bag of money, which seemed like it could add up to
a fair amount of change, could end up in the ditch. This
group not only got the proceeds from their find, but they
also will receive $100 for their second place prize. Congratulations!
Third Place ($50):
H.O.G.- Central Chapter, N.S.
It seemed very appropriate
that the Harley Owner’s
Group would find a discarded helmet during their cleanup of Highway #2 in the
Lantz area. They found other unusual items as well, but
a helmet is not often discovered by AAH groups. We
hope they enjoy their $50
third prize.
Thank you to everyone for participating in our contest,
and congratulations to our winners!