Keep Chadron Beautiful

As snow began to fall Saturday morning, many job sites involved in The Big Event changed their tasks to avoid outside yard work.
Despite the cold, students still worked hard to do yard work throughout Chadron to say “thank you” to the community.
The Education Club came together to build a garden with Keep Chadron Beautiful. The students put up posts and began building the garden.
Robin Brierly, professor of education and job site leader, said, “They are building a garden for the school. And they will have flowers and plants and birds, eventually, they’re hoping. Just having something the students can enjoy at recess or from their classrooms and study and something to keep Chadron beautiful.”
Brierly has been a job site leader since The Big Event began at CSC six years ago.
“I love The Big Event. It’s a great opportunity to help out the community that we live in and work in and it’s just, I think it’s wonderful for both sides,” Brierly said.
Lisa Stein, director of admissions at CSC, oversaw the job site at her parent’s, Marcia and Richard Stein’s, house as the job site leader. Marcia Stein said that this year was the first time she participated as a job site in The Big Event.
“This is our house and we have many gardens, and it’s a tremendous amount of work getting them ready for the spring. So this has cut my work in more than half,” Marcia Stein said.