Key Ring May 2016

sers & Service Projects What it Means to Adopt-A-Road

By Sarah Vidyasagar, Lt. Governor of Div. 7 There is a bright blue sign on the side of Old Peachtree Road that states “The Key Club of Peachtree Ridge High School has adopted this half-mile stretch of sidewalks.” The program that allows different clubs and organizations to help clean up the streets is called Adopt-A-Road, and it is sponsored by Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful. Very many Saturday mornings I have gotten up out of bed early, even if it was a struggle, to help this organization. I have been volunteering with this program for 3 years and it has been a stupendous experience. Every year I have met someone new. Freshman year, I met the current president of Peachtree Ridge High School’s Key Club, who made me realize how great Key Club is and how I can become a leader. It is usually a small group of 5 to 15 people who clean the sidewalks together, so every time you participate, you bond with new people and make great friends in only an hour. This month I met a girl named Angie who talked with me about another volunteering club she is in and I chatted with her about the event I went to the night before. Our friendship blossomed and I still text her today. Even if I have to wake up early on the precious weekend for this event, it is rewarding enough for me to do it multiple times over the course of the year, not only to make new friends for myself, but also to enrich our community. I will always love forcing the members to take pictures as we pick up trash and pose in our super cute safety vests. I am so happy that this event is available to me and hope all Key Clubbers can one day participate and adopt their own roads.