8/31/10, Starbucks, #7

Julie is my hero.  She has been so supportive of my facelift project.  She volunteered AGAIN this morning to help even though it meant getting up at 6:00 a.m.  We picked up trash around Starbucks.  I did the field along Route 31, and Julie did all of the islands in the parking lot.  We still have a lot of ground to cover, and have decided to return later this week.  I love you, Julie!

8/30/10, Shop Rite, #6

This morning I headed back to Shop Rite with Julie.  Although it is my second facelift there, we still gathered two full bags of trash.

8/24/10, Pennington Pizza, #5

The morning before we left for our family vacation to Skytop, Ted and I did a facelift behind and around Pennington Pizza.  There was enough trash to keep us engaged, but it wasn't too bad!  I really appreciateTed joining me on my crazy little crusade!

8/16/10, Hyannisport, Massachusetts, #4

Ted and I spent a few days in Hyannisport with our friends Susie and Craig.  I crept out of the house early one morning to do a facelift.  It's always interesting to see what kind of trash is lying around.  The majority of the trash around Hyannisport was fast food containers and candy wrappers.  There was the mangled remains of a headlight, left under a tree.  There were several of those little plastic sticks and signs left by lawn service companies.  I must say, it was a beautiful setting for a facelift!

8/12/10, Pennington Market, #3

Today I cleaned up the Pennington Market parking lot.  It was my first "solo" facelift, and I tuned into my iPod and began collecting litter.  In general, the parking lot was amazingly clean, especially when compared to Shop Rite which is located right down Route 31.  In fact, there wasn't any "bulky" litter, instead it was a lot of little things.  The most common type of garbage in the Pennington Market parking lot was green twisty ties.  Do shoppers at the Pennington Market get so hungry while shopping that they rip open their plastic baggies of produce or bakery items the minute they reach their car and then drop the twisty ties on the parking lot?

8/04/10, Shop Rite, #2

At 6:00 a.m. my wonderful friend Sally and I got up and headed over to Shop Rite for the 2nd facelift.  Sally is visiting here from Connecticut, for her yearly stint as a guest artist at Art in the Park.  The strip of land next to the parking lot seems to be a consistent repository for a lot of trash, and Sally and I easily collected two full hefty bags.  It was a great way to start the day!

7/28/10 Kunkel Park, #1

On July 28, 2010, my 50th birthday, I completed my first "facelift" with the companionship of Julie. We picked up litter in Kunkel Park, Pennington Boro, for 50 minutes. Unfortunately as we left I noticed that there was still some debris along the edge of the parking lot, but I promise to gather that up at a later date. I am very appreciative of Julie's support, and I felt very excited about completing the first 1/50th of my pledge.