Ranging in age from the smallest Lions (kindergarten) to Webelo Arrow of Light scouts (5th grade), Greenbelt Cub Scout Pack 202 and their families showed up in force to help clean up the Forest Preserve earlier this month. On the first cool autumnal Saturday morning, October 5, Jason Martin, city environmental coordinator, provided grabbers and bags for recycling and trash, and led the young scouts into the forest. The scouts, parents and volunteering siblings (some as young as 3) pulled over 30 bags of trash and recyclables – weighing a whopping estimated 500 pounds – from the area by noon. Pack 202 has been serving the Greenbelt community for over 65 years. It seeks to give back to the community as well as instill the principles of leadership, service and a respect for nature in each generation of conscientious and socially-responsible young scouts. Anna Bedford-Dillow is Wolf Leader of Pack 202.
Cub Scouts Do Their Best To Clean Up Forest Preserve
Damien Ossi (left) and Jude Ossi (Webelo).