KEEP DOUGLAS BLUE

Nearly 1000 pounds of trash removed from shore line of Douglas Lake

Photo by Jeff Depew

Douglas Lake became a cleaner place Thursday, April 20, 2023, when a group of  Jefferson County High School students came together to perform a much-needed trash pickup around its shores.

“Keep Douglas Blue” was the brainchild of Service Learning Student, Luke Haston, who put the project together from beginning to end as part of his semester service project. His idea was to combine the efforts of the Service Learning along with JCHS Youth Leadership Class. Mr. Haston chose the Dandridge Boat Dock and Flora Road Public Launch as the locations for cleanup. He also designed the t-shirts worn by the volunteers.

Mr. Haston said, “I have lived on the lake my entire life and would like to see Douglas Lake and the community a cleaner place to live.”

Keep Douglas Blue Clean-up Event was part of the Keep Jefferson Beautiful Program via the Mayor’s Office, TDOT, and Coordinator, LeAnn Sutton.

Photo by Jeff Depew

Nearly 1000 pounds of trash was removed from the shores of Douglas Lake with Dandridge Dock & Launch Area yielding 400 pounds, and Flora Road Public Launch at 560 pounds. The trash was collected in bags to be picked up and weighed in coordination with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department Clean Up Crew to be disposed of in the landfill.

Supervising the project was Jefferson County Mayor’s Office LeAnn Sutton, JCHS Youth Leadership director Brandy Arnold and Lani O’connor.

Photo by Jeff Depew

Photo by Jeff Depew