Garbage Gobble Creek Cleanup

Thirty-one volunteers… nah, let’s call them Water Warriors, turned out this morning to remove debris from in and along a section of Silver Creek as part of Davenport’s Annual Garbage Gobble Creek Cleanup.

Despite frigid temps, rain and wind, these warriors managed to improve this waterway by removing: 30 bags of garbage, a satellite dish, 8 tires, a construction/traffic barrel, a rusted barrel, a couch cushion, part of a grill, siding pieces and a metal garage door, and a bunch of other random items such as, computer parts, a foam cooler, buckets of tar, a tarp, and a roll of bubble wrap.

What a great spirit of community shared by all involved today. Volunteers in today’s event are sure to have stories to tell in years to come. Among those