VOLUNTEERING & COMMUNITY SERVICE A 25-mile-long creek runs from Fairfax City through Fairfax County, emptying into the Potomac River near George Mason’s Gunston Hall. Friends of the Accotink Creek, a volunteer organization, organizes clean-ups at 12 different sites along the creek twice yearly, usually April and October. In the photo Gene and Sue are posing in front of some of the trash they removed that day near the creek’s intersection with Barkley Drive. In addition to the large trash items shown, hundreds of plastic and glass bottles, several bags of fast-food paper and plastic wrappings (including cups, Styrofoam containers, and plastic straws), and other assorted refuse were removed. By: Gene Shuman, Associate Professor of IT, George Mason University
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