On May 2, an enthusiastic group of JDK employees and their family members fanned out across the neighborhood to pick up trash as part of Vermont’s Green Up Day.
Green Up Day is a Vermont institution. The inaugural Green Up Day was April 18, 1970—that day, famously, the state closed down the interstate highways from 9am to noon to make the cleanup easier. While nothing quite that dramatic has happened since, the green tradition continues, stronger than ever. When the winter snows retreat, Vermonters get out there and yank all the no-longer-hidden coffee cups and bottles and tires out of the mud.
After a brief breakfast of bagels, coffee, and juice, thirty JDKers put on their specially printed T-shirts (designed by JDK’s Chris Partelow) and gloves and made their way out to the streets. In a mere two hours, they filled over twenty garbage bags with trash and hauled out one microwave, one tire, and a single boot. It was a wonderful morning of working together, helping our neighbors—and welcoming spring.
