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By Airman 1st Class Destinee Sweeney, 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs / Published April 14, 2017

SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- Col. Francis Xavier, 20th Mission Support Group commander, and members of the local community plant a red maple sapling as part of an Earth Day observance April 20. The base-wide Earth Day program, "Keep Shaw AFB Clean," raised environmental concerns to encourage cleaner daily practices. In addition to the tree planting ceremony, other events included a base-wide cleanup and an electronic waste turn-in. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Josef E. Cole III)
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SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- Col. Francis Xavier, 20th Mission Support Group commander, and members of the local community plant a red maple sapling as part of an Earth Day observance April 20. The base-wide Earth Day program, "Keep Shaw AFB Clean," raised environmental concerns to encourage cleaner daily practices. In addition to the tree planting ceremony, other events included a base-wide cleanup and an electronic waste turn-in. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Josef E. Cole III)

Team Shaw children enrolled in the 20th Force Support Squadron Chandler Cornell Child Development Center push a wagon of gardening supplies on the CDC playground at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., April 25, 2016. Planting the flowers was an educational activity for the children, who used the opportunity to sharpen their senses by exploring the colors, textures and scents of the various plants. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zade Vadnais)
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Team Shaw children enrolled in the 20th Force Support Squadron Chandler Cornell Child Development Center push a wagon of gardening supplies on the CDC playground at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., April 25, 2016. Planting the flowers was an educational activity for the children, who used the opportunity to sharpen their senses by exploring the colors, textures and scents of the various plants. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zade Vadnais)

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SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- Team Shaw members partake in Earth Day events in 2007 and 2016. In 1970, after seeing the aftermath of a massive oil spill in California, then U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson proposed Earth Day, an annual observance that grows awareness for the environment.

This year the 20th Force Support Squadron Wateree Recreation Area is hosting the 2017 “Teach a Child to Garden” event on Earth Day, April 22, to teach military children about gardening and edible plants.
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