The Valley Stream Youth Council cleaned up Hendrickson Park on Saturday. From left are Dylan Ofri, Colunis Calvert, Sarah Lamsifer, Ken Heino, Recreation Supervisor Tom Roberts and Michelle Chen.
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Michelle Chen, left, and Sarah Lamsifer participated in the Valley Stream Youth Council’s clean-up of Hendrickson Park last Saturday morning.
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Colunis Calvert, left, and Dylan Ofri clean up Hendrickson Park.
The Valley Stream Youth Council held its annual clean-up of Hendrickson Park last Saturday morning. Under the direction of Youth Council coordinator Ken Heino and Recreation Supervisor Tom Roberts, the teens scoured the village’s flagship park for wrappers, bottles and other garbage.
The idea for a clean-up came from Dylan Ofri, 16, back when he was a seventh-grader at South High School. He said has seen volunteers cleaning up along of highways, and thought that would be a good community service project for the Youth Council. He was joined on Saturday by Colunis Calvert, 13, Michelle Chen, 14, and Sarah Lamsifer, 14.
