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Kids learn about littering at library
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Boardman's Indonesia Case (left) and brother, Timothy, received free coloring books for attending the Austintown library's Green Team story time. They traveled from Boardman for the summer reading program.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Austintown resident Magda Sutherland (left) helped her sister, Camilla, attach string to her CD fish. More than 30 kids attended the library's Green Team story time July 22.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Mahoning County Green Team Educator Peg Flynn (back left) led an eco-friendly story time July 22 at the Austintown library. Each participant created a CD fish to take home.
The Austintown library was the home for more than 30 fish made by eco-friendly children during a Green Team craft exercise July 22.
The library sponsored a program from the Mahoning County Green Team and Youngstown Litter Control for students entering kindergarten through fifth grade. It focused primarily on littering and how it harms the environment.
Green Team Educator Peg Flynn hosted the event and talked to the children about how trash and careless acts affect marine life. She read the book, “One Less Fish” which explained what happens to fish when careless acts are performed.
As a craft activity, kids made fish from old CDs and scrap paper. The fish, made of recycled materials, were intended to remind children to always recycle and never litter.