ANTHONY TOWNSHIP -- Some people spent the day picking up branches after a storm knocked down trees at the Montour Preserve near Washingtonville.
Children at the Danville History Camp played games at the Montour Preserve on Tuesday. The kids were by a creek on Monday when it started to storm, so they quickly ran inside the visitors center.
"Once it stopped, we were down near the creek again and we actually saw one of the trees fall over. Remnants from the storm, I guess," said Sarah Finn of Danville.
The storm blew through quickly but caused a lot of damage at the preserve near Washingtonville.
"We had somewhere between 15, 20 trees come down across the trails throughout the preserve. We had a lot of limbs down in the picnic areas. All the trash cans blew over," said Bob Stoudt, a member of the Montour Area Recreation Commission.
When people who live near the preserve heard about the storm damage, some decided they wanted to help. Close to two dozen people volunteered their time.
"We take care of running the chainsaw, tractors and so on, but the volunteers help us to drag the stuff out of the way, pull the branches off of the trails and do stuff like that," Stoudt explained.
One of those volunteers was Bill Seward of Millville. He's been coming to the Montour Preserve for around 40 years. Seward wants to keep the preserve looking good.
"It's going to take volunteers to keep this place going. I don't have a lot of money I can contribute, but I can contribute time."
Officials with the Montour Preserve tell Newswatch 16 that since so many volunteers showed up, they got the work done in a few hours instead of a few days.
