CANOE CLEAN UP
KLB members gather to clean up
Loudoun streams and waterways.
At each event over 50 volunteers
pick up hundreds of bags of trash
including; tires, bikes, batteries,
and general garbage.
2008 Canoe and Watershed Cleanups Now Scheduled!
If you would like to participate in any of these events, please contact Devon
Smith, 540-338-7603, to make a reservation.
Keep Loudoun Beautiful has three canoe / watershed cleanup events
scheduled for 2008.
Our first event will take place on Saturday April 5. KLB will lead a walking
clean up of various beach sites in Loudoun County, and will work with the
Alice Ferguson Foundation's 20th Annual Potomac River Watershed Clean
up. Bags, gloves and drinks and a free t-shirt will be provided to all
individuals and groups who help. All participants should wear waterproof
boots.
On Saturday April 26, we will have a canoe clean up on the Goose Creek.
Meet at 9:00 AM at the Goose Creek Bridge Park west of Middleburg, now a
public park.
To get to the Park go west from Middleburg on Rt. 50. After the intersection of
Rt. 50 and Rt. 611 continue west on Rt. 50 1.4 miles then turn right on Rt 832
or Lemmons Bottom Road. Park in the provided parking areas, please note
that there is no bathroom in this location!!!! The canoe put in will be through a
field, about 100 yards away.
We will provide shuttle transportation back to this parking lot after the trip. The
trip will end on Rt. 626 or Foxcroft Rd, 3.2 miles off of Rt. 611 near a small
parking lot where a bridge on Rt. 611 crosses the Goose Creek. Trip will be 6
to 7 miles long, be prepared, trip will last till 3 PM
Our final event will be on Sunday August 10 and will be a canoe trip down the
Potomac River. We will meet at the Brunswick Train Station at 12 noon, a bus
will transport us to the put in spot, and the trip will last until 6 p.m.
For all the canoe trips, KLB will transport participants up stream to the put in
spot where we will have a safety talk and get life jackets. We guarantee you'll
have fun while you clean up the waterways of Loudoun County! Each trip
concludes with pizza, drinks, and t-shirts for all. The canoe clean up is free but
KLB memberships will be available.
Wear clothing that is weather appropriate and
can get wet and dirty; sturdy shoes that will get
wet; hat. Wear old sneakers, no sandals or
open-toed shoes. Change of clothes for the
end of the trip is recommended. Leave a change
of clothes in your car for the end of all trips.
Bring your own drinking water for the float;
snack or bag lunch, sunscreen; and gloves.
PERMISSION SLIPS must be signed by an
adult the day of the trip.
All volunteers receive t-shirts, pizza and
drinks at the completion of the event.
Maximum number of participants = 60
per event. Minimum age = 8 yr.
Loudoun streams and waterways.
At each event over 50 volunteers
pick up hundreds of bags of trash
including; tires, bikes, batteries,
and general garbage.
2008 Canoe and Watershed Cleanups Now Scheduled!
If you would like to participate in any of these events, please contact Devon
Smith, 540-338-7603, to make a reservation.
Keep Loudoun Beautiful has three canoe / watershed cleanup events
scheduled for 2008.
Our first event will take place on Saturday April 5. KLB will lead a walking
clean up of various beach sites in Loudoun County, and will work with the
Alice Ferguson Foundation's 20th Annual Potomac River Watershed Clean
up. Bags, gloves and drinks and a free t-shirt will be provided to all
individuals and groups who help. All participants should wear waterproof
boots.
On Saturday April 26, we will have a canoe clean up on the Goose Creek.
Meet at 9:00 AM at the Goose Creek Bridge Park west of Middleburg, now a
public park.
To get to the Park go west from Middleburg on Rt. 50. After the intersection of
Rt. 50 and Rt. 611 continue west on Rt. 50 1.4 miles then turn right on Rt 832
or Lemmons Bottom Road. Park in the provided parking areas, please note
that there is no bathroom in this location!!!! The canoe put in will be through a
field, about 100 yards away.
We will provide shuttle transportation back to this parking lot after the trip. The
trip will end on Rt. 626 or Foxcroft Rd, 3.2 miles off of Rt. 611 near a small
parking lot where a bridge on Rt. 611 crosses the Goose Creek. Trip will be 6
to 7 miles long, be prepared, trip will last till 3 PM
Our final event will be on Sunday August 10 and will be a canoe trip down the
Potomac River. We will meet at the Brunswick Train Station at 12 noon, a bus
will transport us to the put in spot, and the trip will last until 6 p.m.
For all the canoe trips, KLB will transport participants up stream to the put in
spot where we will have a safety talk and get life jackets. We guarantee you'll
have fun while you clean up the waterways of Loudoun County! Each trip
concludes with pizza, drinks, and t-shirts for all. The canoe clean up is free but
KLB memberships will be available.
Wear clothing that is weather appropriate and
can get wet and dirty; sturdy shoes that will get
wet; hat. Wear old sneakers, no sandals or
open-toed shoes. Change of clothes for the
end of the trip is recommended. Leave a change
of clothes in your car for the end of all trips.
Bring your own drinking water for the float;
snack or bag lunch, sunscreen; and gloves.
PERMISSION SLIPS must be signed by an
adult the day of the trip.
All volunteers receive t-shirts, pizza and
drinks at the completion of the event.
Maximum number of participants = 60
per event. Minimum age = 8 yr.
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Loudoun
County's
beauty is not
simply
in the eye of
the beholder...
It's in our
hands as well.
County's
beauty is not
simply
in the eye of
the beholder...
It's in our
hands as well.
2008 Super Sponsors Allied/BFI Waste Disposal Services Dulles Electric Dulles Greenway Dr. & Mrs. F. Turner Reuter Sevila, Saunders, Huddleston and White, P. C. 2008 Sponsors Clendenin Environmental and Geotechnical Consultants Domino’s Pizza Lauten Construction Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Leigh, Jr. Hon. Joe T. & Bobby D. May Plant-A-Plant Co. Powers Thomas Ins. Judith T. Reinhardt Studio One Textile Printing |
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