Courtesy Photo 78 fifth-grade students pose in front of Besser Elementary after picking up trash on Monday. Monday was Earth Day, so students also went out to clean up litter around school grounds and collected 957 pieces of trash, equating to a total of 42 pounds.

News Photo by Mike Gonzalez Meag Schwartz, network coordinator of the Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative, talks to students of Besser Elementary on Monday about different environmental issues and solutions to help the Great Lakes. Monday was Earth Day, so students also went out to clean up litter around school grounds and collected 957 pieces of trash, equating to a total of 42 pounds.