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TSTC group seeks help with Galveston cleanup effort
Twelve members of Texas State Technical College’s SkillsUSA Advanced Technology chapter have volunteered to travel to Galveston Island Saturday to help with cleanup in the Crystal Beach and Bolivar Peninsula portions of Galveston County.
According to a release from TSTC, the students are in great need of donations of shovels, wheelbarrows, wader boots, a dolly and other related items. Additional donations of DEET bug spray and suntan lotion are needed. The goal for donations is 10 or more of each of these items.
Here’s the remainder of the release:
If you can afford to donate, please bring items to the John B. Connally Center on the TSTC campus at the corner of Crest and Campus drives, located at the main entrance of the campus. Donations can be processed by Trish Kimberly, Carol Salvato or Walton Yantis in the Computer Networking and Systems Administration Department. Also joining in the project is Network Security Technology students.
Tractor Supply has graciously donated gloves and facemasks for the group, and Bush’s Chicken has donated gallons of iced tea.
After the project is completed, the group will donate all useable items for further use by the local fire department.
Please give today!
To find out more, call 867-3592 or 867-3852 or visit http://cns.tstc.edu/skillsusa.
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By Mark
November 13, 2008 5:22 PM | Link to this
be careful on bolivar peninsula, i was there on tuesday, there are lots of snakes.
By Walton Yantis
November 13, 2008 8:49 PM | Link to this
Thanks for the heads up. We’ll certainly be looking out for those slimy creatures, and place emphasis on personal safety.
By Yvonne VanZandt
November 15, 2008 12:37 PM | Link to this
TSTC: Thanking you in advance for your kind and generous support in helping our small peninsula with clean up and recovery. Being a spit of land separted from Galveston, accessing the peninsula has been difficult thereby hampering clean up and recovery. All of your hard work is greatly appreciated. Yvonne VanZandt, Bolivar Peninsula Resident