TWO Borderland Rotary Club members joined 21 students from a primary school near Oswestry for community litter-picking at their local park.
Justin and Sherie Soper together with pupils from Trefonen Primary School Rotakids Club put on their hi-vis jackets and disposables gloves while listening to a health and safety briefing before the activity.
The children worked in teams and managed to collect and dispose of 13.8kg of litter from their park.
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Sherie, who organised the event with the school said, “It was just great seeing the enthusiasm in the children as they got stuck into clearing up the litter and it all got quite competitive.
“Great work from the Trefenon Rotakids and nice to see a really clean park.
“Well done Trefonen Rotakids.”
Borderland Rotary are currently working with just about all the schools in the area doing various projects which include, environment groups, writing competitions, Operation Pollination, and more litter picks.
Next on their list is taking pupils from Oswestry School in the town centre soon.
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