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Wall HS students hope to expand Lake Nasworthy project

Ainsley Jameson, Ella Taylor and Isabel De La Pina are Wall High School sophomores who partnered with the City of San Angelo to sustain Lake Nasworthy.

SAN ANGELO, Texas —

When three sophomore girls from Wall High School decided to take on a community service project, they did it because they believed one person could make a difference. 

Ainsley Jameson, Ella Taylor and Isabel De La Pina are members of Wall’s Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) chapter. They began with an idea for Students Taking Action with Recognition (STAR) Events, FCCLA’s annual competition.  

Now, the young women expect Lake Nasworthy sustainability project – Nursing Nasworthy – to last beyond their high school years. A partnership with the City of San Angelo provided the resources to expand Nursing Nasworthy beyond its original vision.

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“This project has become a lot bigger than we thought it could be,” Jameson said. “We started off thinking a little small – just about trash and litter – and as we’ve done more research, we’ve found out that there’s so much that we can do. And so, when we got our partnership with the City of San Angelo, they just helped us so much...”  

She said help from the City made it possible for the project to include billboards and signs warning of threats to Lake Nasworthy’s ecosystem and water quality. Accompanied by San Angelo’s Director of Operations Patrick Frerich, the three presented before City Council at the Dec. 19 meeting. 

In the presentation, they highlighted key threats to Lake Nasworthy’s sustainability including cross contamination from failure to clean boats in between bodies of water, chemical runoff and litter from fishing lines, lures and other trash. 

While all three have lived in West Texas for varying amounts of time, each feels connected to the issue because they use the lake for recreation. Taylor – who moved to the area as a sixth grader – likes to fish. She has been a member of Wall’s Bass Club for two years and said water quality is important. 

“I mean, when you’re fishing and you pull up a boot instead of a fish, it makes you want to make a difference for that,” Taylor said.

Jameson said the girls plan to pass the project to the bass club. She said the group runs social media accounts for Nursing Nasworthy which will continue through their time at Wall High School. 

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