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Haw
River Clean Sweep Waterway Cleanup and School Competition Mission
Statement:
Teach children the importance of protecting our rivers and streams through a
once-a-year, hands-on cleanup and year-round education program. Objectives
and purpose: We
offer a competition to encourage children to work as volunteers to clean the
river. Introducing children to the Haw River, in this way, we feel, is the best
way to encourage life-long stewardship for the Haw. To win prizes, teams compete
to sign up the most volunteers at our sites along the River.
Prizes are given to team leaders as well as school or group coordinators.
Scoring based on a factor of percentage turnout and number of participants. When
and where does the clean up take place? This
September 21st, we will clean at 10 bridges on the Haw River, from
9am-12noon. To find out which bridge is nearest to your school or group and to
register your team (or to volunteer as an individual) see our list of cleanup
site leaders at www.HawRiverTrail.org. This list will be posted after
September 1st. Please let us know if you would like to volunteer as a
site leader or help coordinate teams from your school or group by August 25th.
What
are some things we’ve found in the River? In
the past 5 years, we’ve found bowling balls, basketballs, tennis balls,
MacDonald balls, Every ball sport has been represented except Jai alai. Crews
have loaded and floated out on boats, ovens, dryers, washing machines,
dishwashers, air conditioners, engine blocks, radiators, newspaper vending
machines, gas tanks, truck cockpits, burned out station wagons. Our most common
type of trash is plastic, metal and glass drink bottles, and cigarette butts,
safe for even a 3rd grader to pick up. Results for 2001 689 volunteers
picked up 20 tons of trash (80 cubic yards or two large dumpsters) at 10 clean
up sites from the Haw River or its tributaries. NC Big Sweep Waterway Cleanup and School Competition
winners. 1st place:
Rivermill Academy, 63% of school, 163 participants, Contact Martha Honus, HonusM@netscape.net
2nd place:
Alamance 4H, 27% of group, 63 participants, Contact Kay Cole, kay_cole@ncsu.edu 3rd place:
Boy Scouts troop 54, 64% of troop, 16 participants, Contact Bill Mcbride, bmcbride@netpath.net Sponsors for 2000-2001 (font size based on level of
sponsorship) BioQuest Marketing and Business Development, Biscuitville, Brain Train, Carolina Biological, Carver Restaurant, County Ford, East Pack, Fidelity Bank, First Citizens bank, Glen Raven, Inc., Graham Cinema, Industrial Paper Plus, Jordan Properties, Longhorn Steak house, Mebtel, Pro Canoe and Kayak, Professional Klean, Dr. Christopher Kakavis, Dr. Sam Powell, Tom Powell & Associates, Townsend Bertrum, Triton Water, USDA Alamance County Soil and Water Conservation, Wal-Mart, Burlington Superstore, Waste Industries, William C. Powell Organizer; Mike Holland, PhD, Phone: 336-376-9322,E-mail: dr_mike@mindspring.com
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