The 8th Annual Down the River Clean Up on the Clackamas River is just around the corner! You can count on yet another fun day of paddling and stewardship activities in conjunction with the Clackamas River Basin Council.Registration is open now! If you are interested in serving as a key volunteer for this event (organizer, pod leader or otherwise), please email us at info@welovecleanrivers.org.
Goal: Make a 30sec to 2min video short about the Down the River Clean Up. Goal is to capture the personality and create a film that will help to educate and inspire others the be cautious of their waste by highlighting the efforts of We Love Clean Rivers.
Requirements: Sunday, September 12th come get your footage. You will also receive a stack of cards to help promote the October 7th event
MAKE VIDEO and submit it to YOUTUBE.com and email jenn.e.reilly@gmail.com when you do ro help promote.
October 7th:The big night! We will be showing your art at a huge 1st Thursday celebration with live music, beer we will show all the videos at 730pm and a judging panel will make the final call and we will show the top 3 at 9pm and have the audience vote to make the final call at 930pm ... prizes included!
Join us for the 2nd annual Great Willamette Clean Up in partnership with the Willamette Riverkeepers on Saturday October 2, 2010. Stay tuned for details! If you are interested in serving as a key volunteer for this event (organizer, pod leader or otherwise), please email us at info@welovecleanrivers.org.
With your support in 2009, over 350 river lovers showed up to the Clackamas and hauled out 4,960 pounds (2.48 tons) of trash from 14 miles of riverbank and bottom. As part of the Ripple Effect effort, 15 local artists transformed the trash into handcrafted works of art that are now enjoyed in a new way by our community, completing the full life cycle of our waste.
A huge thank you from We Love Clean Rivers (now officially a 501(C)3 tax-exempt non-profit organization) and the Clackamas River Basin Council for your efforts to improve the health of our beloved Clackamas River.
Your energy and synergy made the event a success and you made a HUGE difference. THANK YOU!
Did you have a good time? Any crazy/scary/valuable/fun trash pulled from the river or good stories? Post away on our Facebook Page! And check out Anna Brones' writeup on Wend Magazine's Blog and Daniel Fox's video already edited and online:
