A smiling face greets visitors at one section of Salt Spring Island boardwalk: the Grace Point Pick Up Litter Bucket, one resident’s spontaneous creation that for the last month or so has been helping passers-by pick up garbage at the high-traffic waterfront location.
The bucket’s sponsor, who wishes to remain anonymous, said that after a few early hiccups — someone made off with the bucket’s first “arm,” he said, hopefully to pick up litter elsewhere — the little pail on the rail has been a cheerful friend to locals looking to tidy some trash.
Anyone interested in helping or establishing another bucket elsewhere on the island should reach out to gracepointbucket@gmail.com.