Junior Farmers clean up local road
Wellington Junior Farmers completed their final road cleanup of the season on Oct. 14.
The Drayton-based club, adopted Wellington County Road 7 three years ago and cleans up the stretch between Wellington Roads 10 and 11 three times a year. The club looks forward to serving their community on a regular basis and they try and do as many projects as they can to improve the Wellington community.
The most common items found while cleaning up Wellington Road 7 were fast food containers, cigarette packages and beer bottles. The Wellington Junior Farmers urge the community “to help keep our environment clean by not throwing garbage out the window, and to please not drink and drive.”
Junior Farmers consists of people age 15 to 29 from all occupations and walks of life.
“We are people looking for fun, new challenges, and an opportunity to be involved,” organizers state.
Junior Farmers are the only self-directed youth program in Ontario and strives to build future rural leaders through self help and community betterment. Anyone interested in joining the Wellington Junior Farmers can contact the club at wellingtonjf@jfao.on.ca.
