Members of the national Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association gathered Sunday to clean up trash at national parks affected by the partial government shutdown. Their peers were doing the same over the weekend in national parks in Pennsylvania, Florida, California and Ohio. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association, which has more than 5,000 members nationwide, organized cleanups at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Everglades National Park in Florida, Joshua Tree National Park in California and Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio. At least seven people have died at national park sites since the shutdown began at midnight on Dec. 21. [In shutdown, national parks transform into Wild West]In the District, the city is paying for trash removal at the Mall and other federal parks at a cost of approximately $46,000 a week.

Source: Washington Post January 06, 2019 22:48 UTC