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When the volunteer group Sustainable Berea staged a Coe Lake Park cleanup around Earth Day 2021, dozens of Baldwin Wallace University students pitched in alongside their neighbors.
The
city
park,
which
is
adjacent
to
the
south
end
of
the
BW
campus
and
a
popular
destination
for
outdoor
recreation,
was
once
the
site
of
the
rock
quarries
that
helped
to
build
BW
more
than
175
years
ago.
The Yellow Jacket football team and the women's basketball team provided much of the BW people power for the cleanup effort, fanning out with trash bags all around the park and even hauling up large items from the lake's edge.
BW
sustainability
graduate
Erika
Coble
'16,
who
organized
the
event,
co-founded
Sustainable
Berea
"to
address
environmental
issues
in
Berea,
take
action
and
make
the
city
a
sustainable
place
to
live."
"Sustainable Berea gives a HUGE thanks to the BW football team and women's basketball team for being at the Coe Lake Cleanup on Saturday, April 17 in recognition of Earth Day 2021," Coble said. "We also appreciate the work of Julie Candela for helping to bring the BW student-athletes out to the event."
Candela, who has been serving as a community liaison for BW with a focus on student-athletes, invited the coaches and teams to participate, but other students joined in, too.
"We wouldn't have gotten as much accomplished without their help," Coble added. "It was wonderful having them there with us, and we enjoyed their graciousness!"
Sustainable Berea produced the video below to celebrate the work of all the volunteers.
