By Councilmember Tawnee McCay

We want to thank all who helped plan, organize and participate in the 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance. It was heartwarming to see hundreds of people gather to provide service to our community, whether that was assembling refugee kits, cleaning up Midas Creek Park and channel, cleaning headstones at Riverton City Cemetery, removing weeds from park strips, making thank you cards for veterans, first responders, health care workers and senior citizens (Thanks Stampin’ Up!) or a clothing project for Africa. It was an honor to stand with each other and salute the flag of our great country on this Day of Remembrance. We are grateful for the freedoms we are all able to enjoy and the men and women who protect them.

Day of Service Statistics

• Filled over 400 trash bags.
• Removed rubbish from over 2,100 feet of the Midas Creek channel.
• Hauled 32 tons of material to the landfill.
• Cleaned over 100 headstones and the veterans monument at the cemetery.
• Placed 6,000 square feet of sod.
• Weeded over 10,000 square feet of park strips.
• Filled three large pallets of sandbags.

 

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