We decided to help the Keep Jacksonville Beautiful Commission and Clean it Up, Green it Up for our 2010 International Gator Day event. A group of 25 hard-working Gators (and a Boy Scout troop) spent a couple of hours at the Joe Carlucci Boat Ramp & Park and the 2-mile stretch of Heritage River Road (just off Heckscher Drive) picking up discarded items. What a great job everyone did! We gathered around 20 bags of trash and several bags of recyclables. No one guessed what all we would find. We found a couple of old tires, an old suitcase, and a car battery (Who would throw those things out along the road or in a park?!). We also saw a couple of peacocks and had a nice view of the St. Johns River--so it wasn't all dirty trash! Thank you to each who volunteered... we couldn't have done it without you!