Volunteers tidy up Morgan City before festival

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The streets and sidewalks of downtown Morgan City looked cleaner for the Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival thanks to a successful partnership between the city of Morgan City and Keep St. Mary Beautiful. The community clean-up took place 8-10 a.m. Aug. 23, with participants gathering at City Hall to receive cleaning supplies, including trash bags, grabbers, gloves, and car litter bags. Children who participated were also given t-shirts Vanessa Spinella, director of Morgan City Main Street, and Lea Hebert, chairperson of Keep St. Mary Beautiful, said 43 bags of trash were collected. Organizers thanked the following volunteers: Councilwoman Bonnie Leonard, Councilman Steve Domangue, Catherine Holcomb, students from Wyandotte Elementary, MCHS Beta and Cub Scout Pack 438.