City of Columbia

Volunteer of the Month for April 2015 – Candace Kassel

Candace Kassel started volunteering with Cleanup Columbia, a city-wide trash pickup event held every April, as a way to have fun and be social with a group of friends. Now, her group, the Litterbuggers have been actively participating in Cleanup Columbia for over seven years, turning a fun social event into a way to give back to her community.

“Seeing so many people in a large town get together to clean up is great,” Kassel says. “I like how clean everything is on Cleanup Columbia weekend.”

Kassel and her group of five to eight Litterbuggers have been participating in Cleanup Columbia since 2008, cleaning up streets, streams, trails and parks throughout the city.

Written by volunteer Abby Holman.