{"id":61514,"date":"2014-06-10T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T07:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/61514\/youngsters-clean-up-park\/"},"modified":"2014-06-10T09:31:58","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T07:31:58","slug":"youngsters-clean-up-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/06\/10\/youngsters-clean-up-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Youngsters clean up park"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Environment Club members from Germiston South Primary School recently embarked on a clean-up operation.<\/p>\n

The 45 pupils visited the park opposite Epworth Children’s Village, in Lambton.<\/p>

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The children kitted themselves out with gloves, rakes and garden refuse bags, donated by Builders Express, in Lambton, and set to work with great enthusiasm.<\/p>\n

They used dustpans and rakes to clean up the difficult areas, where broken glass was found.<\/p>

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The clean-up was aimed at ridding the park of rubbish and, within an hour, 30 large refuse bags were filled with litter.<\/p>\n

As part of the Environment Club, the pupils pledged to take care of the environment, which was evident on this day.<\/p>\n

The school is proud of them.<\/p>\n

Germiston South Primary’s concern with the park is that children play there and the metro and the ward councillor should make a concerted effort to improve the park.<\/p>\n

The school feels there should be park benches and more swings, slides and playground equipment for children to play on.<\/p>\n

Another suggestion is that a wide-paved track be laid around the perimeter of the park, where parents can walk with their prams, or it could be a demarcated bicycle or jogging track.<\/p>\n

The pupils have put these ideas to the metro for action and comment.<\/p>\n