Bringing the community together

by DAVID PAN reporter @ yourbeacon net

If you’ve noticed how nice the beach at Lighthouse Park looks these days, go ahead and thank the Mukilteo Youth Advisory Committee.

Members of the City-sponsored group organized a beach cleanup on Saturday, a day after Earth Day.

“It was perfect timing for us,” Vice-Chair Chloe Lee said.

The Mukilteo Youth Advisory Committee (MYAC) is a group of high school students, who live in Mukilteo. MYAC has spearheaded several different projects, including social justice and mental health initiatives.

“But this year we really wanted to focus on bringing the community back together after the pandemic,” Lee said. ”This was one of our big projects.”

MYAC members handed out garbage bags and gloves to participants, and also helped clean up the beach by picking up trash and waste. Members talked with children and their parents about MYAC and its different projects. Waste Management also had a booth where children could spin a wheel and win a prize if they answered a question correctly.

The social justice committee, with the assistance of Councilmember Louis Harris, held a social justice seminar last year.

Members also worked on a Native