“Every day when Charles Pleasants walks near his home on Westminster Street in Wilkes-Barre he says he’s greeted with a mess.
‘Every day there’s more garbage being added out here. It’s horrible like the kids don’t feel safe playing outside because of the rodents and stuff, yeah it’s bad,’ said Charles Pleasants, Wilkes-Barre.
New Roots is a non-profit organization that supports those in recovery.
‘We’ve organized a team of those volunteers who are struggling with addiction and they want to put back into the community,’ Gregory Griffin, New Roots.
With that in mind, Greg Griffin organizes weekly clean-ups.”
View the whole story here: https://wnep.com/2019/12/27/non-profit-works-to-clean-up-wilkes-barre/