Renew Our Rivers volunteers target Back Bay Biloxi

A team of Mississippi Power employee volunteers set their stewardship sights on Back Bay Biloxi Friday.

About 30 employees from across the company’s Coast Division continued the annual Renew Our Rivers campaign in d’Iberville.

“Waterways like Back Bay play such an integral part in our lives in South Mississippi, so it’s important that they stay healthy and clean. We’re glad to do our part with this cleanup,” said Courtney VanderSchaaf, Renew Our Rivers program coordinator.

Items collected on Friday included:

• Timber and piers
• Lattice
• A rolling garbage can
• Several tires
• And a bunch of plastic bottles, glass bottles, Styrofoam, buckets, cans, plastic grocery bags, plastic straws, etc.

Volunteers collected approximately 1.5 tons of debris on Back Bay Biloxi.

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