To the Editor:

This is an open letter to those who think they are being smart, funny and cheap. What I’m talking about are the can trailers for the students who are working hard to earn funds for their educational trip to Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Thank to the caring and generosity of the many people and parents who are behind the kids 100 percent they are surely and slowly making their trip money. Then we have those who seem to think this is just an easy place to dump their household garbage. Anything goes, from spoiled food, dirty diapers, empty food cans, and yes, even TV sets. It shows me just how cheap and insensitive people can be. Who do you think has to pay to haul this garbage off? The parents do, because they are about their kids! Please, from now on, show a little pride in yourself and for a change help some kids who are working hard to achieve their goal. It could possibly make a better person of yourself. Instead of thinking how smart and cheap you are and bragging how you pulled a fast one, does the word loser come to mind? It should!

Jan Lowry

Mt. Vernon