BATON ROUGE, La., October 2, 2015 /3BL Media/ — Cox Communications and The Trust for Public Land today named Patrick Armstrong as Louisiana’s 2015 Cox Conserves Hero. Armstrong’s nonprofit of choice, Friends of the Lafitte Corridor, will receive $10,000 on his behalf. The three finalists were chosen by a judging panel and then competed in an online public vote to be named Louisiana’s Cox Conserves Hero.

Patrick Armstrong is the co-leader of NOLA Trash Mob, a group of volunteers who cleans up public lands. Patrick organizes bi-weekly trash cleanups using social media. Since 2013, the group has held over 70 cleanups and removed nearly 10 tons of litter from New Orleans’ public outdoor spaces. Under Patrick’s leadership, NOLA Trash Mob has grown to more than 1,100 volunteers through innovative partnerships with neighborhood associations, rotary clubs, universities and Friends of the Lafitte Corridor.

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