WIXQ members to participate in the Great American Cleanup

Helping the environment goes beyond April 22 when the nation celebrates Earth Day.

Members of WIXQ 91.7 FM are going the extra mile to clean up the community and show how one organization can make a difference.

“We feel that WIXQ is different from other student organizations in that we interact with the community on a daily basis,” student Erik Golden said. “I think it’s time we give back to them.”

Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Anttonen, or Doc and Mama Roc, as they are often called, have been advising the student-run radio station in their next step of helping the Millersville community.

“We pick up trash along the highway using guidelines that the Department of Transportation gives us,” Mrs. Anttonen said. “We’ve done other clean-ups with WIXQ but never with this group.”

For 12 years the couple has been helping pick up along the highway as part of the Adopt-A-Highway program of Pennsylvania and in work with the Great American Cleanup has decided to push Millersville University students to do their part.

On Sunday, April 26, with orange vests and working gloves in place, nearly 25 DJs from WIXQ will work on Long Lane at the intersection of Route 741 and Cherry Hill Orchards.