what she was going to do with her life and their dinner plans for the evening, she was unexpectedly 42 by an urgent call from her sister “Get over here! Turn on NBC and check these guys out. They are just like you…..” One Facebook message and a phone interview later, Catherine 43 herself on a bus with 8 strangers in the middle of the sweltering desert heat of Utah, picking up trash and 44 awareness about zero-waste and climate change.
With a deep 45 of the environment and a desire to make a 46 , Catherine, Davey, and a group of self 47 “environmental pick-up artists” went on a coast to coast road side trash pick-up. As they walked, sometimes only 48 0.9 miles in an entire day, they 49 and steadily made their way across the United States for three years, picking up a total of 201,678 pounds of trash.
Catherine and Davey 50 with us wonderful stories of hope and inspiration that fueled their 51 to continue their journey. After spending weeks silently 52 how she would have enough 53 to fly home for their two-week spring break, Catherine found a blank, unidentified envelope 54 with $850 cash in the desert. Just enough to get her home and back. After their bus 55 outside of Denver, they unexpectedly got 56 and arrived in Yosemite National Park three weeks later, just in time for the “Yosemite Facelift” where 57 from all over the state came together with a 58 of cleaning up trash all over the park.
Being at the right place at the right time became almost normal, and they realized that much of what they 59 was more than just a coincidence. Together, their team learned to simply 60 themselves to their task, and surrender to the journey.
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