Cheers, Marty!

This past weekend, there was a great article in the New Bern Sun Journal about a man contributing his time and passion to cleaning up the Neuse River. Marty Lawrence is a volunteer of the Neuse RiverKeeper Foundation, and takes part in two of their programs: RiverWatch and Muddy Water Watch. From the article:

"His Riverkeeper foundation volunteer duties include maintaining and updating the library – cataloging the history of the Neuse over the years by converting nearly 300 VSH tapes to DVD and organizing printed media clippings.

'It is a way to preserve the history,' he said.

He hopes that the work can eventually be uploaded to the foundation Web site as a resource for anyone interested in the history of protecting the river."

I wanted to pass along this article because we so seldom hear stories in the news media today of passionate people doing great work--cheers, Marty!