The Adopt-A-Highway Program (AAH) was established in 1988 as a way for the North Carolina Department of Transportation and community volunteers to work together to keep highways litter free. According to their website, the twenty-three year program currently has 6,000 AAH groups. Those with twenty consecutive years of service were awarded two metal stars to add to their signs. The two Guilford County groups recognized for twenty years are Vulcan Materials Company Northeast McLeansville 4-H Club (we're betting Ms. Ivey is involved with the latter).
The Greensboro Atheist Organization (GAO) maintains Yanceyville Street. While the organization does not fall into the 10, 15, or 20 year longevity range for maintaining their street, they have been diligent about picking up trash along this long road in Greensboro that toggles between the rural, old-time world of Guilford County and the 21st century expanding of the suburbs. Yanceyville begins near NC A&T just east of downtown Greensboro and continues all the way to Highway 150 getting close to Brown Summit. We're not sure how much of this long road is maintained by GAO; however, we imagine that the GAO is kept quite busy keeping this road litter-free. We decided to use this photo today because yesterday, The News & Record had an article about the North Carolina atheists announcing their convention in North Carolina scheduled November 11-13, along with the South Carolina atheists, at Carolina Beach.
God bless the GAO for doing this work. ;)
I remember as volunteers at Heifer Ranch in Arkansas going out to clean the sides of the highway every so often. We competed, who would find the most bizarre trash. I found a rotting dead fish once.
Posted by: Dina | Sunday, August 21, 2011 at 06:08 AM
Mom always said 'it takes all types to make the world go round'.
Posted by: Birdman | Sunday, August 21, 2011 at 07:32 AM
I'd drive there. Atheists are my kind of people.
Posted by: Steffe | Monday, August 22, 2011 at 07:11 AM