Adopt a Highway
By marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
United States
September 12, 2015 7:08am CST
Many churches, companies, different organizations volunteer to clean up litter on their highways making the highway look nice to the eyes of people traveling.
No one likes to see litter along the roads.
This saves your Department of Transportation thousands of dollars by not having to hire people and in the long run saves you money also
. You will be provided with safety vests, trash bags and safety information.
The requirements for pick up times is different in all States and some will ask you to pick up both sides, some will say only one side.
They will provide a sign stating the name of your organization.
The Department of Transportation will work with you on which highway needs volunteers.
It is very satisfying to know you are helping to keep your highways clean and neat.
My husband and I did this for over a year and we were happy to help out.
Why don't you think about it...
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Sep 15
I remember doing this one summer with the church group I was a member of when I was living in Pocatello. It was fun. So many pluses. Great idea for youth.
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@vandana7 (98826)
• India
12 Sep 15
@Marcyaz ..out here, nobody does that. I felt the urge to clean up some road, and grow some plants, but I dare not. Not even my maid would do that. Only the poorest of poor would do that. That is what is weird about this set up. False prestige and pride.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
18 Sep 15
That is good that welfare people are helping clean up the highway. What a shame that people feel they have to throw their garbage out on the highways, think of what their homes must look like. Is their no law there about throwing trash out on the highways.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
12 Sep 15
Thats a nice thing to do Marcy..so happy you guys could.
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@Carmelanirel2 (8084)
• United States
1 Oct 15
This topic causes some bittersweet memories. I live in a gated community and many years ago they suggested giving the residence a sign if they choose to adopt part of the roads to clean up. At the time we had a Girl Scout trio (that is when my daughter was in high school and only three girls were left in the troop). The leader and her daughter is only 2 streets away and the other girl was a street away from them, so we decided to adopt my street, the street between us and the leader, and the other girl's street.
Unfortunately it never came about (maybe the community couldn't afford the signs?) and soon after the girls graduated, the one girl was killed in an automobile accident.
So sometimes when I see those signs, I think of her and my son and I do clean up our street and the land in between the street next to us.
@gregario888 (1276)
• Aurangabad, India
13 Sep 15
These volunteers are doing a great job. wish them luck, and may their tribe grow.
@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
13 Sep 15
That's a wonderful thing! Here you can see people volunteering to clean up after games at the stadium or after street occasions but it's not an organized or systematic thing - people just do it on their own initiative.
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