Wednesday, April 22nd was Earth Day here at St. Joe’s, as it was everywhere else, and, as it was everywhere else, there was a lot taking place that had the effect of putting an extra shine on the place.
Under the leadership of Mr. Halk, battle teams were marshaled, these being home room classes, and given orders to sweep designated areas in search of things that don’t belong there naturally. Or, if you prefer, they were sent out to pick up garbage.
And that they did. And boy, did they ever.
It would surprise most to discover just how much refuse exists in those little pockets of here and there, those places we don’t often get to. And over the course of time, a lot of stuff can be discarded in such places, to the detriment of the environment.
Ideally, people would exercise a higher degree of responsibility with their potential throwaways in the first place. But in the absence of that, the next best thing is a community that cares enough to make things right again. Such communities, in their way, make the
world, even if it’s just their small slice of it, a better place.
