RiverLink Press Release
submitted by Dave Russell, RiverLink Volunteer Outreach Coordinator
North Carolina Big Sweep, the annual cleanup of the French Broad River organized by RiverLink, takes place on Saturday, October 2, from at 9 AM -1 PM. this year. The annual the cleanup is concentrating on the section from Hominy Creek Park to Jean Webb Park. David Donnell of the Asheville Outdoor Center has graciously offered to host the cleanup orientation and lend canoes for volunteers to use to pick up trash in the water.
North Carolina Big Sweep, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that plans and coordinates the statewide Big Sweep. North Carolina Big Sweep was founded as Beach Sweep in 1987 by Dr. Lundie Spence of the North Carolina Sea Grant College Program. In 1989, the public-private partnership officially became Big Sweep, the nation's first statewide waterway cleanup. Since its founding, North Carolina Big Sweep has had almost 290,000 volunteers and collected over 9.8 million pounds of trash from our environment in North Carolina.
Volunteers are meeting at 9:00 a.m. at the Asheville Outdoor Center located at 521 Amboy Rd for cleanup orientation, receive cleanup supplies and then divide up into teams to clean up the French Broad River. RiverLink is coordinating and sponsoring this cleanup with the Asheville Outdoor Center and 1-800-Got-Junk, who is picking up collected trash.
For more information, contact Dave Russell at Riverlink by phone at 252-8474, ext. 11, or e-mail dave@riverlink.org.
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