The boy wrote a letter to the local newspaper, expressing his fear of venturing into Polson Park because people were using drugs in secluded areas. After reading the boy's letter, Eli, 25, formed a volunteer clean-up group with a name lifted straight from a comic book. The Polson Avengers are a non-profit organization — armed with needle disposal containers, garbage bags and protective gloves — who patrol the park and collect dangerous refuse such as discarded needles. Polson Avengers members show the equipment they use while on patrol. The Polson Avengers have grown, and now have 12 members, ranging in age from 17 to late 40s.

Source: CBC News April 23, 2018 03:00 UTC