World Wetlands Day 2012 Snoopy Island Cleanup.

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Simpson Bay:--- World Wetlands Day 2012 under the theme of Wetlands and Tourism was observed on Saturday with about 20 volunteers cleaning up Snoopy Island in the Simpson Bay lagoon.
The cleanup event was organized by Sint Maarten PRIDE Foundation, EPIC Blue Flag program and International Global Yachting Isle de Sol Marina. ACE hardware store donated tools for the wetland cleanup which made it easier for volunteers to grab trash stuck in the thick mangrove trees.
Volunteers included Minister of Health and Social Affairs Cornelius de Weever who got down and dirty by helping fellow volunteers, students from the Learning Unlimited school, representative from Animal Welfare Foundation Pamela Sims as well as PRIDE and EPIC volunteers. Isle de Sol Management was also on hand removing trash and hauling out the filled trash bags and large pieces of an old oil boom, large swaths of plastic bags bundled together as well as land based trash that washes down into the lagoon like plastic bottles and single use styrofoam take away food containers.
Sint Maarten PRIDE foundation thanks each and every volunteer and especially the parents who took the time to bring the students to this event. Volunteers did a fantastic job and have contributed to a clean lagoon not only for the tourism product but also for a clean habitat for birds and fish around our wetland.

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BS January, 29, 2012, 21:51 72.252.9.50 Votes: -2	Looks like the darker children goes o Mullet Bay Clean up and the lighter children goes to Snoopy island clean up hmmmmmm, wow a picture realy tells a thousand word report abuse vote down vote up


Breaking Wind January, 30, 2012, 03:36 200.7.59.209 Votes: +1	@ BS.........you have a vivid imagination.Since I doubt you have ever been near a beach clean up how do you come by this opinion? report abuse vote down vote up


racism January, 30, 2012, 07:25 190.102.31.14 Votes: +0	I wonder when these racist commentators will get tired of themselves. They dont participate with anything valuable in society, yet they sit lazy behind their computer making racist comments. Darker children and lighter children, guess what???? they are ALL SXM children! Take a hint from Minister de Weever and get with helping your community. I feel pity for writers like BS as they will never ever move forward themselves as he/she always looking at race instead of uplifting his/her education and broadening their horizon. Pity and sad. report abuse vote down vote up


Hawhh January, 30, 2012, 10:14 200.7.54.150 Votes: +0	@ BS How much of an incoherent narrow minded person are you? report abuse vote down vote up


SSS January, 30, 2012, 17:06 24.14.148.192 Votes: +0	BS, why don't you get your lazy a*s out and help clean up the mess. Mullet Bay, Snoopy Island. report abuse vote down vote up


BS January, 31, 2012, 03:17 72.252.9.52 Votes: +0	The TRUTH SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED AS AN OFFENSE.. ......The Truth Hurts ,But the Truth will always remain the Truth, No matter how we try to sugar coat it or cover it up.......it still remain the Truth, The Truth shall set you FREE, it is strange that you brought the word racist in this convo....just remember that you who first use the word racist, and there is a saying '"so a person thinketh so he/she doeth'" when u scream racism then take a look in the miror and practice what you preach, and stop using these activities to promote your racist agenda, take a good look at that pic above and be honest with yourself and if you are not seeing what I am seeing then something wrong with you eyes, and I have nothing against the innocent children in the pic, my issue is with the selectors and not the selecties, look deep inside and be honest for once in your life, and again people look at the pic and tell me if it really represents sxm youths, again the pic tell a lighter and darker side, but it also tells a thousand words... report abuse vote down vote up


Navigator January, 31, 2012, 03:49 213.125.55.162 Votes: +0	These children looks like they come from a rich family. report abuse vote down vote up


BS January, 31, 2012, 05:29 72.252.9.52 Votes: +0	THANKS NAVIGATOR, , ....Take a good look at that pic people and draw your conclusion..... The pic really tells a thousand words, the color of that pic is very very interesting, shine the light.... report abuse vote down vote up

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