The Sans Souci Suffolk County park is 316 acres of one of the prettiest nature preserves on Long Island.
In the middle 1800s dams were installed to create a cranberry farm. Today the park is still in the undisturbed way it was when the farm closed.
Chris Imperato, the incoming Sayville Rotary President for 2023-2024 has been hiking in this park for over 25 years and each time he goes hiking he brings out a bag of trash to collect along the way. He always imagined a task force of a community effort to clean up the trails of the beautiful park. This Earth Day, that dream was finally realized.
The Sayville Rotary Club organized a community clean up that was the largest volunteer clean up in the park in over 30 years. Together with Boy Scout Pack 363, the US Navy Sea Cadets from the Michael Murphy Division, volunteers from Target and First National Bank of Long Island, and the Sayville Athletic Club who so graciously cooked up Brunch for the volunteers, by owner, Dave Prunier, the Sayville Rotary Club got the job done!
Rotary International has seven areas of focus, and this project touched upon three (3) of them; sanitation, environment, and community development.
Thanks to all who participated in this first annual clean up of the park. All of those who were involved had a great time and all experienced a tremendous sense of accomplishment.
Thank you!