The President's Corner
July, 2017
Hello Fellow Residents!
On Saturday morning, June 3, myself and a few other kind residents met up to take part in a community cleanup effort sponsored by Clean Fairfax, a non-profit group whose mission is to encourage environmental stewardship and urban sustainability in Fairfax County through education, programming and community involvement. Clean Fairfax had reached out to the office a few weeks ago regarding the stream located at the end of our community by Golden Oak. Of course, the Board unanimously agreed to participate!
Within minutes of my arrival at the basketball court behind Golden Oak, myself, the other community volunteers and Wendy, a Clean Fairfax Program Manager, jumped right in to pick up trash that has built up near the sewer drain next to the basketball court. On the surface, we could see that there was a good deal of trash there, but as we started putting things in trash bags, it seemed as though the pile never ended! Bottle, cans, blankets, toys, food wrappers, etc. However, after two hours and many trash bags later, the area showed complete transformation
I’d like to thank Wendy for reaching out to our community to host this wonderful event! Not only was this a great way to clean up our community, this short 2-hour event raised awareness regarding the impact of trash in our water systems.
Lastly, I want to thank the residents that participated in the event and those who stopped by to donate snacks and water! Without your help and support, the focus area behind Golden Oak would not have turned out as wonderful as it did. On behalf of the Board of Directors, thank you for your help that Saturday!
If anyone has any interest in setting up additional cleanup events in our community or area, feel free to contact the office! For more information on Clean Fairfax, please visit their website: www.cleanfairfax.org.
Eric Sokolowski, Board President, 2017
