Clean the Bay Day - June 1st

Please join us for Clean the Bay Day on Saturday June 1st to help clean up our river and our bay.   We'll meet by the playground at Rokeby Ave and Providence Road at 9am and working until around noon.

This year is the 25th Anniversary of Clean the Bay Day.  During this time 122,000 volunteers, who have removed approximately 5.8 million pounds of debris from nearly 5,500 miles of shoreline in Virginia alone.   Last year, the Friends of Indian River collected about a 1000 pounds - 40 bags full - of trash from our shores.

Be part of this grand effort.   The Friends of Indian River's will be doing our cleanup along the stream buffer in Indian River Park, the headwaters of the Indian River.   This will help to spruce up the area, collect trash that will otherwise get washed into the river and impact wildlife.  The city will provide garbage bags. We'll have water and snacks available. Please wear closed-toe shoes, a hat and bring work gloves and other items that may be useful. Participants under 18 years of age must have adult supervision.

We are planning to have a picnic after the cleanup.  The Friends of Indian River will bring hot dogs, burgers, and drinks.   We invite folks to bring a side dish like dessert, chips, pasta salad to share.  To help our planning, please reply back to this e-mail if you know you will join us.   (Last minute volunteers are still always welcome).