Members of Prep’s Environmental Club took advantage of the warm weather snow melt on March 10 by hosting an effort to collect litter from our plaza and surrounding streets in downtown Jersey City.
According to their club statement, Prep’s Environmental Club “is dedicated to protecting and improving our environment through hands-on activities, education, and advocacy. We will organize events like environmental work days in the community and fundraisers such as dress-down days to support conservation causes.”
Gathering in the courtyard after the day’s final bell, Prep students equipped themselves with disposable gloves and garbage bags and set to work helping beautify our neighborhood with guidance from moderators Ms. Carolyn Lieu and Mr. Mark Balthazar of the Science Department.
At final weigh-in, twenty-two students collected 140 lbs. of litter that day. Due to strong interest, the Environmental Club hopes to conduct a similar effort next week as a potential service opportunity in partnership with the Office of Campus Ministry.