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Grace Cannon and her sons, Noah and Rowan, spent two hours picking up trash from Walt Banks Road to Kedron Elementary School, along a stretch known as Hawk Alley. They collected two buckets of trash and say they'll be back again to keep Peachtree City beautiful.
"[This is] just an impromptu act of service that started with my son's Booth social studies teacher encouraging students to spend MLK day doing an act of community service," Cannon said.
Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday is celebrated nationally as a designated day of service, one of only two days recognized as such by Congress.
King's words -- "No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.” -- are meant to inspire Americans to spend the King holiday giving back in any way they can.
"Taking the time to pickup some trash and putting it into the bins around town is something we can all do," Cannon said.
"We've scoped out our next trail to clean and plan to do more each weekend; this time recycling the plastics."
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