It rained, it rained some more, and then it really rained.

Regardless of what Mother Nature dumped last Saturday morning, Innisfil’s crew of Pitch-In Day volunteers proved they were more than up to the task of cleaning kilometres of local roads and ditches.

The Ross family from Stroud tackled a piece of Lockhart Road, east off Yonge Street.

“It was our first time participating – we really enjoyed it,” said mom, Christine, who was joined by her husband, Kevin, and children Coralea and Mackenzie.

“I found a wallet full of credit cards and someone had offloaded a lot of cardboard. That stuff is recyclable,” she said. “There’s no reason to just toss them out.”

A bit further south, a handful of hardy souls were cleaning a portion of the 7th Line east of Yonge.
“We’ve seen (Pitch-In) being done before,” said Gerry Goudie. “I tried to round up as many people as I could.”

The 7th Line crew was retrieving items such as a car battery, several broken mirrors and “many, many takeout containers,” Goudie said.

At the wind up and BBQ held at the Churchill Community Centre, Mayor Brian Jackson thanked everyone who came out under such trying conditions.

“It was unfortunate about the rain, but we still had a good turnout,” Jackson said. “If people want to go out on Sunday and do more, that’s fine.”

Town of Innisfil organizer Kim Creamer added all the schools in the town held their own Pitch-in events leading up to the weekend. Corporate support of donated goods, and food to feed the workers, was as strong as ever, she said.

“I’m really impressed with our donations this year,” Creamer said.
The importance of the contributions made by citizens was noted, too.
“If it wasn’t for you guys,” Creamer said, “this day wouldn’t have happened.”