Did you know that into the Streets is the largest day of service in the 18-year history of Into the Streets? This year over 1200 people registered to help our community by performing various projects throughout the city CSA had 2 teams participate this year; a total of 20 CSA members participated!
Check out what Team 1 did this year!
Our assignment was to clean the areas around Cascadilla Gorge, which extends all the way up to behind the football stadium. We started there, walking around what seemed to be very clean sidewalks and paths — we even made a game out of who would find the first piece of trash. (Kaitlin Chou ‘13 won that game with a cigarette butt.) We all had a lot of fun getting to know each other, and goofed off a lot as we made our way around the gorge and back down towards Collegetown. Even though the gorge is currently closed off to pedestrians, we were cleaning the areas above the gorge because a lot of trash makes its way down into the water, and we could definitely see litter beyond the fences that we weren’t able to clean up! But we did our best with the sidewalks above, and I think our team helped improve our natural surroundings!
Team 2’s experience was really cool as well!
We were assigned to clean Stewart Park and pick up trash in the park’s central areas and the along Cayuga Lake Shore. It was very interesting to see the trash people left behind. We made a game out of what would be the most outrageous things our members could find. The winners were Christina Chan ‘10 with a sandal, Jennifer Wang ‘12 with a bear balloon, and a sock from Michael Pang ‘11 and a gray t – shirt from Ling Shen ‘13 and Philip Wu ‘12! It was a great time getting to know each other and having fun despite the rain and windy weather. After cleaning up the park, we realized how we should never litter and how often people do litter mindlessly and randomly considering the stuff we found! It’s a great feeling realizing that we can help the community even by doing small things such as picking up trash!
Finally a big thanks for those who participated this year! It was great to get to know everyone who participated!
