Letter of thanks to all participants in 2013 Clean up the World

As organisers of Clean up the World locally we would like to thank the community for once again rising up to the challenge of cleaning up Gibraltar! A strong cross section of our community got behind the hands on action sending a powerful message that many care and want to protect this great environment we live in. This public, widespread action also serves to raise awareness of the serious littering issues we continue to have and the need to tackle these together.
It is impossible to thank everyone personally but this public letter is intended to offer an acknowledgement of the efforts made by those involved, especially to team leaders and school representatives.

Thanks to:-

CUTW Volunteer teams:Royal Gibraltar Police Marine, Officers and Recruits, Art in Movement, Department of the Environment, St John’s Cadets, Environmental Agency, Rotary International, Fiduciary Management Ltd, Gibraltar Sub Aqua Club, Royal Gibraltar Police Divers, Simply Diving, Cocoon Renewable Energy Consultants, Museum Cave Section, GONHS, Bayside School, Lucas Family, Scouts 1, Scouts 2, Youth Clubs (Laguna and Dolphin), Master Services, GSLP Youth, Girl Guides 1, Girl Guides 2, ESG/Alameda Tenants Association, Round Table, GSD, Lloyds Bank, Wake up Gibraltar, Charlie’s Team, Westside School

Logistical & Equipment Support:
ESG, Eco Art, Wildlife Gibraltar, Bassadone Motors, Master Services (transport), Master Services (abseiling team), Gibraltar General Support Services Ltd (for skips and trucks), St John’s Ambulance (First Aid Cover), Heritage Trust, Morrisons, GibDock (Crane support), GDP, RGP Marine, All Diving teams, RGP Traffic and Community Police.
Also special thanks to volunteers who come together in the critical moments to help organise equipment.

Rubbish collectors deserve special thanks as they work on throughout the day long after the volunteers have hung up their pickers: Tom Scott, Steven Barea, Jim Howitt, Andrew Abrines. Support from Master Services, Gibraltar General Support Services Ltd, Environmental Agency, GibDock and also to the three waste holding areas for allowing the Clean up waste to be managed at each site during a short period of time. (GGSS, Old Incinerator site and Transfer Station (managed by Monteverde)

Parade and Square:
Schools: St. Bernard’s First, Sacred Heart Middle, Bishop Fitzgerald Middle, St. Joseph’s Middle, Loreto, St. Anne’s, Bayside and Westside and families. Children and parents from St. Joseph’s First, several CUTW teams.

Art in Movement and Danza Academy
Deputy Chief Minister, Dr. Garcia and Ministers Dr Cortes and Mr Linares who were present to lend their support on the day.

Sponsors: As a voluntary campaign it is vital to be supported with financial donations and we are very grateful to the Open Day Trust and to Isolas for their support

Thanks to the local media for their support in spreading awareness of this important campaign, in particular to the Gibraltar Chronicle and GBC
To those not mentioned above but whose assistance made the clean up run smoothly, we extend our thanks.

Sincerely,
Janet Howitt for the ESG Committee
Organisers of the 9th Clean up the World Campaign in Gibraltar