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NEWS Community Bulletin | Boletín Informativo para la Comunidad | Woodbridge, VA | Vol. 2, No. 21 tification Committee had been holding multiple clean-ups each year, pulling trash and debris from roads and rivers in Woodbridge. It wasn’t long before she was appointed to chair a new committee on litter prevention. She later reached out to two non-profits, The Alice Ferguson Foundation and Keep Prince William County Beautiful. (The Alice Ferguson Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission includes encouraging personal environmental responsibility, particularly as it applies to the cultural heritage of the Potomac River Watershed.) Now the WPCCA is working in partnership with these two agencies in a campaign to reduce litter in PW. They are producing educational posters in both English and Spanish to be placed in businesses, laundromats and restaurants, as well as bumper stickers. BThrifty has agreed to print 500 posters to support this important campaign. WPCCA is in the early stages of their Litter Prevention Program to improve the Woodbridge community. All residents of our area as well as businesses benefit from their continued efforts towards litter pickups, landscaping, and investments in local parks.
By H. Dale Keeton, Ph.D. A few years ago Myrna and Duane Youngberg were getting out of their car in a parking lot and noticed a man who was eating lunch in his truck drop a banana peel on the asphalt. Duane, who is physically handicapped and sensitive to safety issues, walked over and reminded him that some individual might slip on the banana peel and cause a physical
injury. The man responded, “If you don’t like it, then you pick it up.” Duane, stooping from his cane, picked up the banana peel. This incident fueled Myrna’s activist energy toward cleaning up the environment. As a new member of the Woodbridge Potomac Community Civic Association (WPCCA: www.newwoodbridge. org), she knew that the WPCCA’s Beau-
To help cover the cost of the beautification committee’s expenses, WPCCA chairman, John Karhnak, recently announced that the Association has been awarded a “95 Express Lanes Community Grant” provided by the Fluor-Transurban consortium. (Fluor Enterprises and partner Transurban Group are responsible for the financing, design, construction, operation and maintenance of the Capital Beltway HOT lanes on Interstate 95.) Mr. Karhnak said, “This grant will allow for the expansion of the existing programs of the beautification committee and will also help fund new initiatives, like the Litter Prevention Campaign.” B-Thrifty strongly endorses the work of WPCCA and its leaders, and feels honored to have a small part in the support of their efforts toward litter prevention.
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Su Basura está cerca de Casa Hace unos años Myrna y Duane Youngberg estaban saliendo de su coche en un estacionamiento y se dio cuenta que un hombre que estaba almorzando en su camioneta dejó caer una cáscara de plátano en el asfalto....
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Mantenga Prince William Hermoso es una organización ambiental sin fines de lucro que sirve a Prince William County a través de la asociación con los residentes, las empresas privadas y el gobierno local para educar e inspirar a la gente a ser guardianes del medio ambiente y mantener Prince William hermoso.
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Woodbridge Potomac Communities Civic Association (WPCCA) The purpose of the WPCCA is to engage the issues of land use, community beautification, transportation and economic development in the Woodbridge Magisterial District.
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