Wade Sanders, who has 14 years of previous experience in small city government, understands all too well how a small group of people can make a big difference in the cleanliness of any community. The City of Columbia is lucky to have Wade as a Team Leader for our Columbia Crawdads Stream Team. The Columbia Crawdads Steam Team is a city-wide monthly stream cleanup event that meets every 2nd Saturday of the month, where volunteers work together to clean area streams. Everyone can participate!
Wade came to the city with many hands-on experiences, which resulted in healthier environments, including 20 years of volunteer work for Odessa’s community recycling program and various litter pick up projects. “Several years ago I learned first-hand that 5 or 6 determined volunteers can clean up trash over large areas if they simply get to work and keep on task,” he says of his volunteer work.
Wade started volunteering for the city due to some encouragement he received from a friend at church. He is thankful to be home in Columbia and is happy to volunteer. In Wade’s opinion, working together as volunteers is a great way to meet new people and make new friends. “I learned any community can never have enough volunteers and volunteering has been good for me.”
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