SATURDAY September 4, 2010
11am-4pm
FREE CANOE RENTAL WITH ID! From Fort Wayne Outfitters and Earth Adventures
(2 competitors working together for cleaner rivers for our city!)
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River Education - NOON
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Cleansing the St. Mary's Riverbanks of garbage - You won't be able to miss it!
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Too late in the season for plantings but not too
late to see blooming flowers!
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Cleansing the riverbanks of garbage will help
downstream.
Click on picture for larger
image!
We will meet here:
ALL EVENTS ARE RAIN OR SHINE
Don't just dream about clean rivers...Come out & help....if not you....WHO?
Our projects heart & soul is in our citizen volunteers! The
river thanks you from its bottom!
Well, the good news is we will be back again next
year and the year after that - to plant native riparian seed, clean
up the banks of the Maumee River, and raise awareness about the
conditions of our beautiful waterways...same time same place!
The river thanks you all from it's bottom!
2009 Canoe Clean Up
Happenings:
Thanks to you we collected in 2009: 3
shopping carts, a TV/VCR Combo Unit, a computer, orange construction cone, car
battery, tire, 3 street signs, 4 purses and a wallet, condoms, tampons,
cigarette butts, and way too much plastic!
Phi Theta Kappa - Honors Society members came from IPFW to
help with your rivers!
Les Lesser and friends performed...I was not expecting music...and it was GREAT!
Even the wildlife enjoyed it! Old Crown Coffee and Health Food Shoppe snacks are
always a hit, A thank you to our in-kind donors.
INTEREST PIECE ~ Just an aside that made me feel great about what we
do...."Peter's" wallet was found at the Canoe Clean-Up. This wallet had 3 credit
cards, driver's license, veteran's administration card, EVERYTHING! We called
around with no avail with the name or address so we called the veterans admin.
office. They found "Peter" and he called me to collect his wallet. He had lost
his wallet at The Old Fort when he was volunteering his time and "reenacting" at
the Old Fort for other people's enjoyment. He had laid down his wallet and when
he got back it was gone. He said it was a large disappointment to lose his
wallet because the $7 he had in there was not as valuable as all the "stuff" in
there that he had to cancel. He came back to Fort Wayne to collect it from my
home and I received an email from Historic Fort Wayne offices that said:
Abby-
I just wanted to say thank you to you and your volunteers. I got off the
telephone a few minutes ago from Peter, a friend and fellow reenactor. He told
me that you all found his wallet this past weekend while working on the
riverbank, and how you contacted someone at the VA to learn how to reach him. It
was frustrating to have someone steal his wallet while he was a guest in our
city, and you all showed the best qualities of our city. You and your volunteers
are wonderful!
Thank you again!
Sincerely,
Chris Miller
Co-Chair, Event Committee
Historic Fort Wayne, Inc.
Currently working on pics for 2009 - CHECK BACK!
CLICK HERE - Past
Pictures for 2008 Event
Please write your
representatives and tell them you do not approve of past mistakes and want clean
water for our future and would support efforts with your kind volunteer time.
Please
email Abigail Frost or call (260) 417-2500 if you have any questions or comments.
Please join Save Maumee on Earth Day
to celebrate the cleansing of the riverbanks and and rally the community’s
awareness about our 3 River’s condition in Fort Wayne. Educational information
will be available.
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