Teens raise green to get green
Chester. The Green Teen Movement holds a pizza fundraiser for its artistic garbage can project along the Heritage Trail.
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| 07 Jan 2020 | 01:15
From left: A few of the Green Teen members: Tristan Brideweser, President Jacob Mott, Joseph Catalano, Ekhine Alvalos, treasurer Laura Edwards, and Brenna Lawson (
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From left: Chester Kiwanis Club members Frank Sambets, Noreen Marchesami, Jim Robinson, Sue Bahren, Linda Kline, Cynthia and David Morse (Minisink Kiwanis Club), and Sandly Nagler (
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Green Teen member Sameer El-Rifai and his mom, Jennifer (
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Green Teens serving pizza (from left): Sameer El-Rifai, Laura Edwards and Jonathan Walters-Suber (
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From left: Christina Hauser, Jennifer El-Rifai and Stacy Mott, all Green Teen moms (
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From left: David and Alice Lawson and Julie Drillings, all Green Teen parents (
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From left: Danielle, Ella, Brody, and Brendan Moran (
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Jacob Mott thanks guests and tells them their donations will be used to buy garbage cans that will be painted by Chester Academy art students and placed on the Heritage Trail (
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Rosemary and Alan Eckard (
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The Keahon family: Stephen, Benjamin, Julitte, and Chrissy (
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From left: Monica, Kademon, and Bijou Stephan (
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New Democratic Chester Town Councilman Tom Becker and his wife, Cindy (
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Green Teen Hannah Drillings. Hannah is an artist and has several of her paintings on display in area art studios (
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Branden Diaz (
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Orange County Legislator John Vero (
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Green Teens available to answer questions (
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Chester's Green Teen Movement recently held an appreciation dinner that raised money for a worthy environmental cause.
Founder Jacob Mott said the funds would be used to buy stainless steel garbage cans to be placed along the Heritage Trail, which passes through Chester on its way from Monroe to Goshen. The cans will be painted and decorated by Chester Academy art students.
Supporters ate pizza, salad, and dessert, which came with a choice of beverages. Children played while adults chatted. The Green Teens leaders served food answered questions about their plans.
There's much work to be done to clean up the environment in local communities, Mott told the crowd, and he and his team are making it happen, one step at a time, along the Heritage Trail. The Green Teens will also open satellite stations for garbage collection in Washingtonville and Monroe, he said.