A group of Penticton girls are hoping to get city council91裸聊视频檚 attention after their community work revealed a nicotine-filled problem along the shores of Skaha Lake.
On May 4, the First Coyote Hills Girl Guides headed to the beach along Skaha Lake to conduct their annual cleanup.
91裸聊视频淪kaha Lake is well used by each of our girls, so we wanted to get out there. We have 18 girls so we could cleanup a large area. We covered the beach, playground and park area,91裸聊视频� said guide leader Amanda Davies.
The cleaners ranged in age from nine to 12 and Davies said the girls always enjoy the cleanup. This year they were tasked to locate the dirty dozen and identify what garbage they found the most of and how much of it. Unlike years past, all girls had the same answer 91裸聊视频� cigarettes.
91裸聊视频淎t the end of the garbage hunt I asked they what they were most surprised to find,91裸聊视频� explained Amanda. 91裸聊视频淚n past years they91裸聊视频檝e said things like socks or umbrellas, but this year they all yelled out cigarettes, they were flabbergasted with the amount they found.91裸聊视频�
The girls wanted to count the amount of butts found, so they added them all up and discovered they had collected 658 butts.
91裸聊视频淲e asked them what they thought they could do. There were some suggestions to make posters, ban smoking, but the older girls thought they should tell the government.91裸聊视频�
With that plan in mind each girl wrote a hand-written letter to Penticton City Council sharing their concerns over the mess on the beach.
91裸聊视频淐an you please do something to prevent people smoking in public parks please?91裸聊视频� reads one letter. 91裸聊视频淪mall kids could breath in the smoke and that would be really, really bad.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淧lease stop this chaos and start looking after your city,91裸聊视频� adds another girl guide. 91裸聊视频淥r else this world as we know it will not be the same.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淲e found 658 cigarettes and we are not very pleased about it,91裸聊视频� reads one more. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 bad.91裸聊视频�
Amanda91裸聊视频檚 daughter Rowyn Davies, 10, was one of the guides who cleaned up the beach and she said it was pretty gross to see all the butts.
91裸聊视频淲e found a lot of cigarette butts and plastic bags,91裸聊视频� said Rowyn.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 really, really bad for people to smoke, especially by parks and stuff. They just throw their butts everywhere and animals could come and think its food and eat it and die, which is really bad.91裸聊视频�
Rowyn wrote one of the letters to council, including some pictures.
91裸聊视频淚 drew no-smoking signs on them,91裸聊视频� said Rowyn, who hopes there is more signage and butt containers placed in the parks.
91裸聊视频淭hey still throw butts everywhere, but maybe it won91裸聊视频檛 be on the ground as much, it is a little better.91裸聊视频�
As for guide leader Amanda, she says the girls were truly impassioned to write to city council and they hope that they are heard.
91裸聊视频淭hat age group looks at this situation and believes if they write a letter, they can make a difference. They have such strong beliefs so they were very excited to make their voices heard,91裸聊视频� said Amanda.
91裸聊视频淭hey just feel that grown ups need to do more. They are going to inherit this world, so they are hoping something will be done.91裸聊视频�
The letters have since been delivered to city council and council said they appreciated the girl91裸聊视频檚 hard work and letters.
91裸聊视频淚 am so proud. You see these girls, and especially my daughter, just run right in as they think they can change the world and it just makes me so proud,91裸聊视频� said Amanda.
carmen.weld@bpdigital.ca
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