KENTUCKY — The Bluegrass State has 44 state parks and historic sites and one interstate park with facilities for meetings and conferences, accommodations, camping, golf, education and much more.

During this In Focus Kentucky segment, Multimedia journalist Aaron Dickens travels to General Burnside Island State Park, located just south of Somerset, Kentucky in Pulaski County to highlight the story of a Kentucky woman who has set her sights on making Kentucky the cleanest state in America by cleaning up bags of trash off the streets every day. The woman who is known for this mission is Whitney Lewis. She says she was born on Earth Day, and always had a desire to clean the Earth.

After years of collecting trash as a hobby, she eventually built up the courage to perform this passion as a mission to help Kentucky become as clean as possible.

“Every time I have free time, I am picking up trash,” Lewis said. “If I go a day without it, I feel like something is off.”

You can watch the full In Focus Kentucky segment in the player above.