Submitted by Coastal Georgia Council Boy Scouts of America
(SAVANNAH, Ga.) On Saturday, January 13, about 30 members of Boy Scout Troop 1 and Pack 1 joined up with volunteers from the Friends of Tide to Town for a trail cleanup along Wheaton Street. The volunteers picked up about 50 pounds of trash along Wheaton Street, near A.B. Williams Elementary School.
Dana Bynum, Den Leader, says, “Cleanup events like this with Tide to Town are a vital and visible way the scouts put their pledge to support their community into action. We have partnered with Tide to Town for another event in the past, and we look forward to continuing that momentum for years to come. Today, we collected about 20 bags of trash along Wheaton Street.”
“It’s so important to the Friends of Tide to Town organization to keep our sidewalks, biking lanes, walking paths, and community clean and beautiful. We were extremely excited to collaborate with the Boy Scouts of America and see our youth so committed to doing good work in our neighborhoods,” said Armand Turner, Deputy Director of Healthy Savannah, Racial & Ethnic Approaches to Community Health and the Chair of Friends of Tide to Town.
By keeping the Tide to Town clean, event organizers are hoping their efforts will encourage those who commute to work and school – via foot or bike – to use the trail more often and that all who live in the area will use the trail for healthy leisure activities.
TIDE TO TOWN
Tide To Town, Savannah’s Urban Trail System, will be a protected network of walking and bicycling trails connecting all of Savannah’s neighborhoods, from the heart of the city to its marshes and waterways, eventually integrating with long distance walking and bicycling trails like the East Coast Greenway. Parts of the trail network are already completed and in use including sections along Wheaton Street and sections of the Truman Linear Park Trail connecting Lake Mayer to Daffin Park. The Tide to Town trail system is supported by a network of local partners that include the YMCA of Coastal Georgia and Healthy Savannah as administrators of the Racial & Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) grant funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://tidetotown.org/
ABOUT THE COASTAL GEORGIA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
The Coastal Georgia Council Boy Scouts of America serves families in coastal Georgia through Cub Scouts, Scouts BSA, Venturing, STEM Scouts, Exploring, and Sea Scouts. Since 1910, Scouting has helped mold the future leaders of the local communities by combining educational activities and lifelong values with fun. The Boy Scouts of America believes and, through over a century of experience, understands that helping youth puts us on a path toward a more conscientious, responsible and productive society.
https://coastalgeorgiabsa.org/
ABOUT THE YMCA OF COASTAL GEORGIA/HEALTHY SAVANNAH GRANT FOR RACIAL AND ETHNIC APPROACHES TO COMMUNITY HEALTH: In September 2018, Healthy Savannah and the YMCA of Coastal Georgia were awarded a five-year, $3.4 million grant called Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health. Awarded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the funding is being deployed in an “upstream” approach by the Savannah/Chatham County project team to foster sustainable health equity among Black residents in low-wealth neighborhoods. The aim of the local project, called Healthy Opportunities Powering Equity, or HOPE, is to increase the availability of high-quality nutrition; promote physical activity through creating greater access to safe places to walk, run, bike and play; and foster stronger connections between people and the healthcare providers who serve them. Working with more than 200 community partners and organizations, the team is committed to elevating the health and wellness of the community through policy, systems, and environmental change.
healthysavannah.org ymcaofcoastalga.org.
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