On Sunday, New London native Louise Fabrykiewicz received an appreciation award from Connecticut Fund for the Environment and its program Save the Sound at its annual meeting for her longtime commitment to helping to keep Connecticut's shoreline clean.
Since 2002, Louise has been a coastal cleanup captain for Save the Sound, organizing annual cleanups at Ocean Beach Park in New London. This year, Louise brought together more than 50 students from local colleges to pick up 318 pounds of trash from one mile of shoreline at Ocean Beach Park.
Prior to volunteering for Save the Sound, Louise also organized coastal cleanups in Harkness Memorial State Park and Rocky Neck State Park.
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Louise was also honored for the environmental education program “A Living Museum” that she helped to create. Her program gives New London students the opportunity to learn about the tidal marshes at Ocean Beach through hands on activities like catching crabs and building sand castles. More than 2,000 students have had the opportunity to understand and experience Ocean Beach through Louise’s efforts.
