Pimentel also plans to raise public awareness about Women 4 Oceans while collecting grocery donations for the Weymouth Food Pantry, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. The cleanup project plan received a special permit from Mayor Robert Hedlund. "We are getting older every day and want to pass on information to the next generation." "Anytime you have the younger generation involved is very important," he added. Loring said the herring run wardens especially appreciate Pimentel's desire to organize the cleanup at the herring channel. “The town got 20 people to help clean it up during the town-wide cleanup day,” he said. Weymouth Herring Run Warden said he welcomes,“ any attention” given to the herring run. Pimentel said seeing the debris encouraged her to organize “Kelly’s Coastal Cleanup” – a trash removal project at both beaches and the Weymouth Herring Run in Jackson Square from 11 a.m. "While growing up, I've seen the oceans affected by plastic pollution and global warming." “Ever since I was a youngster, I have loved the oceans,” said Pimentel, a high school junior crowned Miss. Weymouth High School junior Kelly Pimentel said she recently went for a walk on Wessagusset Beach and was troubled by the amount of trash left by beachgoers on the shoreline.
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