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Swain students tackle trash in the Big Sweep

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

out bigsweepSwain Middle School students in the New Century Scholars Program and the afterschool program volunteered to help remove over 45 pounds of litter outside Swain Middle School and High School during the Big Sweep event, a statewide blitz each fall to purge local waterways of trash that is not only unsightly but can harm wildlife and aquatic ecology.

 

Swain Big Sweep was sponsored by Swain Soil and Water Conservation District. NCBigSweep.org or 828.488.8803, ext. 101

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