The Orange County Composite Squadron’s deputy commander for cadets, 1st Lt Kathleen Weeks, and commander, Capt. Jeremy Browner, with bags of trash collected along the two-mile stretch of highway the unit is responsible for helping keep clean.
(Photo by 2nd Lt. Buddy Priest)
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2nd Lt. Buddy Priest
Deputy Commander for Seniors
Orange County Composite Squadron
North Carolina Wing
Color Guard Assistant Coach
NORTH CAROLINE -- Orange County Composite Squadron command staff members completed their first Adopt-A-Highway mission Aug. 1 in Hillsborough, filling more than seven bags of trash and recyclable bottles and cans while helping clean up a major thoroughfare in central Hillsborough
The unit is responsible for cleaning a two-mile stretch, including U.S. 70A and North Carolina 86.
"Adopt-A-Highway is our chance to give back to the town of Hillsborough while also promoting volunteer service and helping to increase awareness of Civil Air Patrol in Orange County," said 2nd Lt Buddy Priest, the squadron’s deputy commander for seniors.
The command staff plans to conduct Adopt-A-Highway cleanups quarterly, using the activity to incorporate safety planning and operational risk management, communications and logistics with the squadron’s senior members and cadets.