American Heritage Academy is one of many groups that pick up other peoples messes but until there is education and comments on this topic we will never reverse the habits of those that intentionally, accidentally or carelessly litter our communities and highways.

My hope would be that many more people comment and thank the groups that pick up litter and by doing so, your voice and comments confirm that these efforts are appreciated and serve as a form of education.

It would be nice for the readers of these article to share their stories about how they discuss the impact of littering within their families and for educators to share how they teach our students about the cost of littering and vandalism in the schools.

Where are the comments from our community Mayors on this topic, where is their “thank you” to all of the Adopt-A-Highway and Adopt-A-Road groups?

It would be nice to see more article and comments in our local newspapers on this topic. I know that most “Letters to the Editor” are published.