Member for abbotsford south.

Thank you very much, mr speaker. I rise today to bring recognition to and commend the volunteer work of the earth ninjas.

I was not aware of the earth ninjas until a constituent reached out to me and brought to my attention this small but mighty group of volunteers.

Their task and mission, mr speaker, is to bring awareness to roadside litter within their own community and other communities as well. In addition, they roll up their sleeves and clean it up weekly. This team is led by jocelyn titus she's, a stay-at-home mom, who originally started out by walking with her stepfather david brett. She mentioned to me that david was her mentor and role model and they enjoyed their time out together in nature, but were disturbed by the amount of roadside litter they encountered.

Jocelyn started earth ninjas in march of 2020, and began to pick up roadside litter in the area of aldergrove and the township of langley. She convinced david to join in the task and many a sunday. The two of them would gather trash and took great pride in leaving the roadside clean of litter.

Sadly, into september of 2020, david was tragically taken from this world during a windstorm when a large limb broke and fell from a tree, it would have been understandable, mr speaker, for jocelyn to have given up collecting the roadside litter, but in david's memory, jocelyn continued, her passion, proving one person can make a difference. To date. Mr speaker, the earth ninjas have removed roughly 400 bags of trash.

Personally, mr speaker, I am saddened. There are still people who toss their litter out of their vehicles and I am sure that this house is in full agreement. So I would ask folks to think before they litter and if they see it happening. Please report it. Jocelyn does have a couple of needs, mr speaker, she would like some more litter. Pickup sticks and she is always looking for volunteers who want to join in the task with this house. Please enthusiastically join me in celebrating the dedicated team and work of the earth. Ninjas.