CARBON COUNTY, Pa. — To celebrate Earth Day, some high school students took time to help clean up their part of the world.
The students from Lehighton Area High School grabbed their gloves and garbage bags and hit the streets.
They call their effort the Quarter Mile Cleanup and turned it into a hashtag on social media #quartermilecleanup.
It all started in their public speaking class when the teacher assigned them to watch a speech made 50 years ago on the very first earth day.
"We decided on quarter-mile cleanup because it's something small enough that everyone can do, but big enough that when done together as a community, it's impactful," said Jennifer Shober Steigerwalt, poetry, prose and public ppeaking teacher.
The idea for the cleanup is to walk one-quarter of a mile from your home and pick up trash in the area.
The students hope others hear about the idea and try it out in their own neighborhoods.