'An awesome experience' clearing temple road
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SOUTH JORDAN, UTAH
The hundreds of thousands of people who will tour the Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple in the coming weeks likely won't notice the trash-free highway that leads to the new edifice. Their attention will be focused squarely on the temple.
For the young men and women from the South Jordan Utah Daybreak Stake who cleaned up the roadside, that's exactly how it should be.
In preparation for the temple open house, some 300 youth and their leaders recently donned orange safety vests and gathered 6,000 pounds of trash strewn along Bangerter Highway east of the temple.
"It was an awesome experience," said Steve Dalby, a member of the Daybreak high council. "We filled over 300 bags of garbage."
Working together, the young people collected trash along both sides of a 38-block stretch of highway. South Jordan Utah Daybreak Stake President John McCorquindale organized the project.
"All of the youth were especially excited to help," said Brother Dalby.
The project was completed in about three hours. Patrol cars from the South Jordan Police Department cruised up and down the highway, ensuring the safety of the young workers. The Utah Department of Transportation provided the garbage bags and hauled the collected trash away.
Brother Dalby said the participants were excited to play a "behind-the-scenes" role in helping visitors enjoy their open house experience. The stake is planning to make the temple highway project an annual event.
