Green Up Vermont sets world record

WATERBURY, Vt. (WCAX) – Green Up Vermont is now a world record holder.

For Green Up Day this year, the organization attempted and achieved the Guinness World Record title for most pledges received in 24 hours.

The team needed a minimum of 5,000 pledges to achieve their goal; they got more than 6,800.

The organization hopes this achievement can keep the momentum going for future generations to green up Vermont.

“So that was a sort of additional prompt and motivator to get our youth outside on Green Up Day and also be thinking about it on a year-round basis, that’s really what Green Up wants to do, is make it a year-round state of mind for all Vermonters,” said Parker Riehle, the president of the Green Up Vermont board.

The group saw a 33% increase in statewide volunteers this year. They cleaned up more than 1.3 million pounds of trash from public spaces.

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