Project Completed: Adopt-a-Road II
Adopt-a-Road is a Clark County program that enlists teams of community volunteers to keep our streets clean. Amberglen Good Works joined the program in August 2022 and committed to holding a work day three times a year.
Our second Adopt-a-Road work day was held on March 25, 2023. Fifteen volunteers from our neighborhood worked in three teams to pick up litter on roadways in and around Amberglen.
The yellow team, led by Sue Nelson started the day at 9 a.m., meeting at the corner of NE 70th Avenue and NE St. Johns Road. After a brief review of the county’s Adopt-a-Road guidelines, the team members donned safety vests and gloves, collected trash bags and litter grabbers, and set off on their mission to rid the streets of litter.
Two hours later, safety vests were handed off to the green team, led by Song Natiola, who met at the corner of NE 67th Avenue and NE 119th Street and were tasked with picking up litter within the streets of Amberglen.
The final handoff occurred at 1 p.m., when the red team, led by Chuck Polacek, assembled at NE 109th Street and NE St. Johns Road for the last leg of the Adopt-a-Road relay.
| Yellow Team | Green Team | Red Team |
|---|---|---|
| Sue Nelson (Team leader) | Song Natiola (Team leader) | Chuck Polacek (Team leader) |
| Cindi Kludt | Karen Schaefer | Karen Williams |
| Nick Rexing | Charleen Polacek | Jane Cicala |
| Chuck Polacek | Hailee Natiola | Liam McGill |
| John Grant | Carolyn McDonald |
In addition to serving as leader of the red team, project organizer Chuck Polacek coordinated with the program team at Clark County to make sure that all the necessary equipment was available to the teams, that safety warning signs were assembled and deployed, that the bags of trash were placed appropriately for collection by the county, that participant releases were signed and collected, and that the necessary reports were submitted to Clark County. His support team included Don Covert (project photographer), and John Grant (shuttle driver and distributor-of-snacks-and-water).
The many full bags of trash were evidence of the project’s success, but the project was also successful by another measure: Amberglen volunteers worked together convivially and for the common good—a distinguishing characteristic of AGW projects—and enjoyed the opportunity to do something positive for the community. Thank you to all our neighbors who volunteered to help!
Won’t you join us for the next one?