{"id":204938,"date":"2019-05-17T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/204938\/trashtag-challenge-sweeps-through-potgieter-park\/"},"modified":"2019-05-17T16:27:09","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T14:27:09","slug":"trashtag-challenge-sweeps-through-potgieter-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/05\/17\/trashtag-challenge-sweeps-through-potgieter-park\/","title":{"rendered":"#Trashtag challenge sweeps through Potgieter Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

Social media has been abuzz since March with the #Trashtag challenge and local children have jumped on the clean-up wagon.<\/p>\n

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Dawnview resident, Tiisetso Mositoana, learnt about protecting the environment at Potgieter Park, on Wednesday, as she joined a local group of children in completing the #Trashtag challenge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gemma Hartnick, from Dawnview, who has been a teacher for over 20 years, led a group of home-schooled children from the area to Potgieter Park, situated on the corner of Main and Comet roads in Fishers\u2019 Hill, to complete the challenge, on Wednesday.<\/p>

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Local children joined the viral #Trashtag challenge, on Wednesday, in efforts to better the state of Potgieter Park, on Wednesday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The challenge requires participants to choose an area where they will pick up litter, and then post before and after photos of the completion of the task online, with the hashtag #Trashtag.<\/p>\n

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Litter picking was the order of the day for Aaron Visser as he completes the global #Trashtag challenge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe joys of being around children in this era is that they keep you up to date with what\u2019s happening on social media,\u201d said Gemma.<\/p>

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Bobby Samuelson joined his team of friends in completing the #Trashtag challenge at Potgieter Park on Wednesday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWhen they suggested this challenge, I thought it a great idea to learn about keeping our environment clean and maybe if community members saw us picking up litter, they\u2019d be inspired to keep their surroundings and parks clean too.\u201d<\/p>\n