After picking up 50,000 pieces by April, Debbie Miller had set a goal of picking up 100,000 pieces of litter—and just two months later, she reached that goal.
AKRON, Ohio — In February, Debbie Miller, a Firestone Park resident, had an incident where her dog was injured by a piece of glass littered in her Firestone Park neighborhood, prompting her to begin a city cleanup to rid the streets of trash. After picking up 50,000 pieces by April, Miller had set a goal of picking up 100,000 pieces of litter—and just two months later, she reached that goal.
"I picked up 50,000 pieces, then I went for my next 50,000…I hit my goal last night. Yes,100,000 pieces," Miller said."And I do count as I drop pieces of trash into my trash." The efforts to clean up the city have gotten others, like Ellen Alt, to follow in Miller's footsteps. Alt received a trash grabber and pair of gloves from Miller and now uses them to clean up her area, adding another person taking ownership of keeping the streets clear of trash.At Keep Akron Beautiful, where the organization offers resources to residents to help them take cleanup into their own hands, they've seen Miller use those resources to reach a bigger audience and get more people involved in the work.
"We need the kids to get involved," Miller said."I give a kid a trash grabber and he thinks it's Christmas. One little boy on Wilbeth Road was still picking up trash two hours later after I gave him a trash grabber.""Best thing that we could ever see is a litter-free Akron.
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