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Middletown (Monmouth County, NJ) - Everyday, 8-year-old Marina Uliano, walked with her mother and siblings to school along Kings Highway and noticed trash and recyclables strewn along the path. Instead of running to the beach on the first day of summer vacation, Marina decided to form a clean up club and asked her friends, who also walk to school, to join her in removing the trash along the roadside.

Wearing safety gloves and accompanied by parents, the Clean Up Club filled several large trash bags supplied by Middletown Public Works with recyclables and trash in less than an hour. More clean up days are planned for the fall when it will be easier to see and remove the materials from the sidewalks and path.