Submitted photoAfter a homecoming football game, Environmental Club members Maria Valentin, Irene Manning, Elsa Manning, William Potry, Ashley Rahmeyer and Jorden Duda spent two hours cleaning up garbage, streamers and food from underneath the bleachers. They collected five bags in total.
Summer Schwintek may have only taken on the role of Forest Lake Area High School Environmental Club president in May, but her dedication to protecting the environment is longstanding. She plans to use her new position to promote her club’s efforts to the community and make Forest Lake a more Earth-friendly place to live.
“We are a collection of about 30 students who are passionate about protecting the environment,” she said. “We meet once a week for a half hour to discuss projects and plans to increase environmental awareness in our school and our community.”broadstreet.zone(48036);
One major initiative that put the club on many people’s radar screens was the implementation of a
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