BIG SWEEP Scheduled for October 3rd
September 29, 2009
Charlotte, NC -- Pick up a bag and help sweep Mecklenburg County waterways clean on Saturday, October 3. It's North Carolina Big Sweep – a day for Mecklenburg County residents to help restore the beauty and function of our creeks, streams, lakes, and other waterways.
Volunteers can report to one of the following seven sites between 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.:
Ray's Splash Planet, 215 N Sycamore Street
Campbell Creek Greenway, 2100 Margaret Wallace Road
Latta Plantation Nature Preserve, 5226 Sample Road
McMullen Creek Greenway, 8100 Pineville-Matthews Road (Hwy. 51)
Mallard Creek Elementary School, 9801 Mallard Creek Road
Evergreen Nature Preserve, 1300 Tarrington Avenue
Southside Park, 2645 Toomey Avenue
Volunteers will be provided with trash bags, gloves, snacks, water and instructions from a site coordinator. They are asked to collect what litter they can from stream channels, lake shorelines and report any questionable or oversized litter.
N.C. Big Sweep is an annual, statewide event that calls volunteers to action to remove trash and debris from creeks, lakes and rivers. For more than a decade, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services has organized this effort in Mecklenburg County. The event is an ideal opportunity for citizens, church groups, trade organizations, school clubs, etc. to get involved and take a stand against water pollution. Litter is deadly to wildlife that eats it or becomes entangled in it. It's also a human health hazard when it attracts mosquitoes and rodents and contaminates our water supply. The state-wide events are held in partnership with Ocean Conservancy's 24th annual International Coast Cleanup, the world's largest volunteer effort to help protect our ocean and waterways.
For more information or to register as a N.C. Big Sweep volunteer, call Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services at 311 or check the Web site http://stormwater.charmeck.org.
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