The Vineyard Conservation Society would like to congratulate Emma van Lohuizen, 8, of West Tisbury on winning the free raffle during VCS annual Earth Day Beach Cleanup.

Emma participated in the cleanup on April 18, she said, “to help save the earth,” and she took home a gift certificate to Riley’s Reads bookstore as her prize.

Emma reported that she was going to use her award to buy animal or nature books,

She also took home VCS’s Walking Trails of Martha’s Vineyard book and said she likes walking the conservation trails with her family.