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River Sweep Volunteers Needed June 18 In Western PA
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Volunteers are needed for the 21st Annual River Sweep on June 18 from 8 a.m. to noon in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Washington and Westmoreland counties.
“This event teaches river awareness and respect for our natural resource,” said Betsy Mallison, Pennsylvania River Sweep Coordinator. “We want families to come out and participate in this cleanup event which falls on the Saturday of Father’s Day weekend. Get involved and help Dad take out the trash as we clean up our area waterways.”
The River Sweep, an annual six-state effort to clean up litter and debris in the Ohio River watershed, is the largest organized volunteer river cleanup effort in the country. The event winds through Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia and Illinois, covering more than 2,400 miles of shoreline.
In Pennsylvania, it is sponsored by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission and a number of Pennsylvania corporate sponsors including Duquesne Light, Dominion Foundation, Duke Energy, Koppers, PPG Industries Foundation, Neville Chemical Company, Talisman Energy USA and Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, P.C.
Last year, more than 600 volunteers collected 45 tons of the trash and debris along the Ohio, Allegheny, Beaver, Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers and their tributaries at 23 cleanup sites. Volunteers who participate receive trash bags and a souvenir T-shirt.
Residents can find out more about area River Sweep cleanup locations, by checking the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission.
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6/13/2011 |
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