Teens Clean Up Tobacco Litter In Parks

July 4, 2017 Contributor
Green flags represent where tobacco litter was found.

Green flags represent where tobacco litter was found.

Students from left are: Ruhma Khawaja, Dani Avery, Camille Stevenson (barely visible behind Dani), Presley Slimmer, Declan Hawthorne, Christina Thompson, Brady Slimmer, Zachary Demott. In back are Kathleen Knopp (second from left) and Kristen Slimmer, far right.
Students from left are: Ruhma Khawaja, Dani Avery, Camille Stevenson (barely visible behind Dani), Presley Slimmer, Declan Hawthorne, Christina Thompson, Brady Slimmer, Zachary Demott. In back are Kathleen Knopp, second from left, and Kristen Slimmer, far right.

OSWEGO – Teens from Oswego County recently participated in a Reality Check Tobacco Observation and Park Clean Up.

Teens clean up tobacco litter in Oswego's Veterans' Park
Teens clean up tobacco litter in Oswego’s Veterans’ Park

Teens involved in Youth Court, Leadership Oswego County youth, and the Oswego County Youth Advisory Council participated in the project hosted by Reality Check of Cayuga, Onondaga and Oswego counties.

Green flags marking tobacco litter could be seen waving up and down West Linear Park from the Veterans’ Stage south to the Utica Street bridge.

For more information about Reality Check, contact Kathleen A. Knopp-Haney at 315-343-2344 ext. 23 or [email protected]

Green flags represent where tobacco litter was found.
Green flags represent where tobacco litter was found.

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