EACAP Spring, 2014 Our work with Reading Beautification By: Rachel Acker, Natasha O’Brien, and Abby Staskiel.

EACAP Spring, 2014

Our work with Reading Beautification

By: Rachel Acker, Natasha O’Brien, and Abby Staskiel

What is Reading Beautification?

Dedicated to the beautification and restoration of the city of Reading

Started back in 1993 Non-profit organization, relying on donations

and volunteers Partners with local education and outreach

programs to help complete their mission Responsible for the Great American Cleanup

Major factor in our work teaming up with Reading Beautification: SO MUCH TRASH

Environmental and health hazards of littering: Litter can trap, strangle, and kill animals It can attract pests like mosquitos, flies, and

rodents=infectious diseases Property values , as well as a negative effect on the

economy in the form of fewer tourists, a decrease in new businesses, and fewer residents

Can lead to vandalism, graffiti, and illegal dumping Infiltrates sanitary water supply, increasing cancer and

disease risk in humans

Environmental Issue: Littering

What did we do?

Landscaping and trash pickup at the Penn St. Bridge

What did we do? (continued)

This is a bathroom in a CHILDREN’S PLAYGROUND.

This was our park cleanup, probably our proudest project

What did we do? (continued)

Painting over a mural on a storage shed at this park

What did we do (final)

Two hours were spent going around painting over these graffiti-covered mailboxes

(Before)

(After)

What have we learned? Has it changed us? What was our favorite part/task of the EACAP

project? Why is the EACAP project important?

Final Reflections