The Lemoine Company, which is renovating Patrick F. Taylor Hall, decided to take off the hard hats and power down the cranes Friday to help LSU in a different way.
Twice a year, the staff participates in a type of wellness and service project, Executive Administrative Assistant Christina Mosing said. The company usually does a sporting activity, like a dodgeball tournament, but this year administration decided to help clean up campus this time around.
“Our CEO, Lenny Lemoine, suggested that we do something that was oriented to giving back to the community or to campus,” Mosing said.
The company split into eight groups, each with a mile long route, beginning at the Lod Cook Alumni Center, to pick up trash. Some routes ran along the lakes, while others went as far west as Highland Road or to the roundabout on Dalrymple Drive.
Mosing said she estimated the company picked up enough trash to fill approximately 30 bags.
“I think that makes a big difference,” Mosing said.
After speaking with Facility Services, Mosing said the company decided to tie their cleaning project into the Litterati campaign.
The Litterati campaign, a worldwide clean-up initiative, launched at the university in the spring, calling students to take photos of litter before throwing it away, then upload them to the campaign website. Campus Sustainability turned the initiative into a contest, with the top three photo entries displayed in the Union Art Gallery.
More than 200 entries were submitted for the contest, said Assistant Director of Facility Services Tammy Millican.
She said she felt the campaign was successful and that Campus Sustainability plans on launching the initiative again in the spring.
“It did make our students aware of the issue of litter on campus,” Millican said, “and it got them involved in helping us remove litter, which helps campus look more beautiful.”
The Lemoine Company will upload chosen photos of the litter they picked up to the Litterati website, Mosing said.
The photos will be geo-tagged to highlight problem areas and the most active Litterati communities, according to the Litterati website.
Ryan Plessala, Lemoine Company project manager and clean-up participant, said it felt good to give back to the university.
“As a company, we do a lot of work here,” Plessala said. “It means a lot to us to give back to LSU. We try our best to give back to the campus because they give back to us.”

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Karen Welsh

Members of the Lemoine Company work together to pick up trash for their wellness and service project Friday September 18, 2015 behind Sorority Row.