MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY IN SALINAS VS

AS PART OF MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY, SALINAS VOLUNTEERS USED SOME OF THEIR SATURDAY (THIS WEEKEND) TO CLEAN UP SALINAS PARKS, CREEKS AND EVEN CEMETERIES. INDIVIDUALS WORKED WITH GROUPS LIKE AMERICORPS, RETURN OF THE NATIVES, AND HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS, TO CLEAN UP A HALF-MILE OF SANBORN CREEK AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT CESAR CHAVEZ PARK WHILE OTHERS WORKED ON LAUREL HEIGHTS PARK. CEMETARY CLEANING INCLUDED WEEDING NEGLECTED VERTERAN HEADSTONES AT GARDEN OF MEMORIES AND QUEEN OF HEAVEN CEMETERIES. THEN AMERICAN FLAGS AND SILK FLOWERS WERE PLACED AT THOSE GRAVES, WITH A NOTE READING, "YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN."