Naval Academy students volunteering for snow removal duty

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Shoppers at Safeway in Bowie, Maryland, grab what is left of the snow shovels on January 20, 2016, as weather forecasters predict an incoming snow blizzard to the area. / AFP / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — U.S. Naval Academy students are volunteering to shovel snow as Maryland braces for a major snowstorm.

The academy said Friday more than 350 midshipmen have signed up for snow removal duty in downtown Annapolis this weekend.

They will be shoveling out public access areas like sidewalks in the community around the school.

Jenny Erickson, a spokeswoman for the academy, says they’ll be working in shifts on Saturday and Sunday.

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