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LOVE WHERE YOU LIVE The local litter cleanup movement (Love Where You Live) started gaining momentum with a simple social media post. The original Facebook post by Raine Christensen said: “I think we’re giving off the wrong impression to the millions of people who come visit our beautiful State and City… it sure looks like we don’t care about our community and that we let it get trashed like crazy. How can we enjoy our beautiful area when many times we’re surrounded by so much trash? How do we solve this problem? I’m open to any and every idea. Yes, there are many of us trying, but we feel outnumbered!” This post resonated with thousands as it went viral locally. They began rallying under one voice and their message was clear — the amount of litter in our community was NOT ok! The best part was the additional response from Washington County, St George City, local businesses, and other community members as they started getting organized and figuring out what more could be done. It wasn’t long before a name was chosen for this movement: “Love Where you Live, Keep UT Litter Free”. Raine, who found himself as the nominated president of this movement, has been picking up litter with his kids since they were just toddlers. They
made a game out of it and would do special trips to just pick up litter. As his kids grew older, that excitement and energy remained! This is where Raine got excited — he knew that everyone WANTS to make a difference. Many others have joined forces with Raine and are continually working to keep our area beautiful!! Love Where You Live Utah is working to take this movement to the next level through education, sponsorships, and cleanup projects! The bottom line is this: Whenever people come together, GOOD things happen. Whenever a community comes together POWERFUL things happen… and they happen fast. As a visitor, you can help us with this effort by helping us keep our home clear of litter! Love Where you Visit and help us keep the place we love beautiful!! For those living in our communities and want to get involved contact Raine at ( emailraine@gmail.com ) or call him at (435)669-5710. You can also follow on social media @LoveWhereYouLiveUt and join the Facebook page h t t p s : / / w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / LoveWhereYouLiveUtah Adapted from the article: https:// stgeorgemag.com/love-where-youlive/ December 2020
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