HAGERSVILLE—People gathered in towns across Haldimand on or around Earth Day (April 22, 2023) to clean up trash and dispose of it properly. Members of the Haldimand Horticultural Society held their Clean and Green Earth Day event on Sunday, April 23. The group was pleased to have 11 participants, with multiple bags of garbage picked up, including beverage cups, straws, scrap metal, yard signs, beer cans, beer bottle caps, candy wrappers, plastic bottles, and even a toilet. The event ran from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. starting at the Hagersville Arena and ending at the Haldimand Memorial Arboretum and Hagersville Lions Pool. Above left, Brenda Taylor and Jan Virag, members of the Haldimand Horticultural Society, had their trash bags at the ready. Above middle, Barb Matten, Haldimand Horticultural Society Board of Directors member, and Elsie Eubank, President of the Haldimand Horticultural Society, got started at the arena.
Above right, Past President of the Haldimand Horticultural Society, Sharon Slack, handed out supplies to MPP Bobbi Ann Brady and Mayor Shelley Ann Bentley.
—Haldimand Press photos by Bronia Engell.
