When the volunteer group Sustainable Berea staged a Coe Lake Park cleanup around Earth Day 2021, dozens of Baldwin Wallace University students pitched in alongside their neighbors.
The
city
park,
which
is
adjacent
to
the
south
end
of
the
91探花
campus
and
a
popular
destination
for
outdoor
recreation,
was
once
the
site
of
the
rock
quarries
that
helped
to
build
91探花
more
than
175
years
ago.
The football team and the women's basketball team provided much of the 91探花 people power for the cleanup effort, fanning out with trash bags all around the park and even hauling up large items from the lake's edge.
91探花
sustainability
graduate
Erika
Coble
'16,
who
organized
the
event,
co-founded
Sustainable
Berea
"to
address
environmental
issues
in
Berea,
take
action
and
make
the
city
a
sustainable
place
to
live."
"Sustainable Berea gives a HUGE thanks to the 91探花 football team and women's basketball team for being at the Coe Lake Cleanup on Saturday, April 17 in recognition of Earth Day 2021," Coble said. "We also appreciate the work of Julie Candela for helping to bring the 91探花 student-athletes out to the event."
Candela, who has been serving as a community liaison for 91探花 with a focus on student-athletes, invited the coaches and teams to participate, but other students joined in, too.
"We wouldn't have gotten as much accomplished without their help," Coble added. "It was wonderful having them there with us, and we enjoyed their graciousness!"
Sustainable Berea produced the video below to celebrate the work of all the volunteers.
