For my service outreach project, I did the tailgating cleanup. The cleanup took place after the UGA vs. Missouri game. We met behind O-house at 11 am and had some pizza. We then “suited” up. Armed with those little-cool-grabber-thingys, we set out to find any trash to clean. One thing I really appreciate about UGA fans is that they actually take care of our university when tailgating. I was expecting a lot of trash. I was expecting to come back with two full bags of trash. To my surprise, the campus was rather clean. We came back with about the bag 1/100th full.
My group and I took the path from behind O house to Bolton. We did not find much trash except the occasional gum wrapper or granola bar wrapper. The major amount of trash we found was near Bolton dining commons. We found some beer bottles and cans in the stream that ran behind Bolton. This was pretty much the only trash we found. So, we returned back and disposed of all the trash we collected.
In my opinion, this was a great outreach. It gave me a chance to clean up the campus with a purpose. It educated me about where most trash ends up on campus. I was proud to know that our University does such a great job of cleaning up after tailgates.