Currents June 2019
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Families, friends, and co-workers – join us on Saturday, September 21st for the 23rd Annual Clean Your Streams Day! Clean Your Streams Day will take place at seven kickoff locations in the greater Toledo area including: Olander Park, Middlegrounds Metropark, Perrysburg Three Meadows Park, the University of Toledo, Monroe Street United Methodist Church, Side Cut Metropark, and Oregon Municipal Building. All volunteers will be invited to celebrate this community-wide cleanup at an Appreciation Picnic starting at noon with entertainment, a free lunch, t-shirt, and prizes. Last year, we had the second highest amount of volunteers ever (1,109) and the highest amount of marine debris was removed (35,568 pounds) through everyone’s efforts on this day! Let’s see if we can do even more for our waterways in 2019! Registration for Clean Your Streams 23 is required and will be active in August. Check out our website for pictures from last year and to learn more about why this program is so important in our community. Start forming your corporate, youth, collegiate, or organization teams today!
We are excited to be planning the 23rd Annual Clean Your Streams Day in September. CYS 23 has officially been set for Saturday, September 21st! This event attracts over 1,000 volunteers each year and removes debris from over 70 sites in the greater Toledo area. Local organizations and businesses can support our volunteers by sponsoring this community event. Sponsors receive advertising and promotion on our flyers, website, posters, and more. Depending on the level of donation, your logo will be placed on over 700 volunteer t-shirts. Sponsorships allow this program to continue to grow year after year and attract a diverse array of our community to join in the efforts to Clean Our Streams. Show Northwest Ohio you care about your waterways and support clean, clear, and safe streams. Visit our CYS webpage to learn more about sponsorship and how you can contribute to this program!
Our partners at TMACOG are bringing an innovative outreach event to the Toledo area this month – Canoemobile. Canoemobile is a “floating classroom” through Wilderness Inquiry that targets under-served students through hands-on environmental education. They will be bringing their 24 foot-long canoes to get kids out on the water from June 26th– 28th. Partners for Clean Streams will be one of the outreach partners who will host activities that engage these youth to connect with their local waterways. Thank you to the Toledo Community Foundation for supporting our engagement! There will be three days of water quality education with community partners from Keep Toledo/Lucas County Beautiful, Lucas Soil & Water Conservation District, The Mannik & Smith Group, Metroparks Toledo, National Museum of the Great Lakes, ODNR Scenic Rivers program, The Olander Park System, and the City of Toledo. On Saturday, June 29th, Canoemobile will wrap up with a Watershed Festival from 11am – 3pm at Broadway Street Boat Launch. The Watershed Festival is open to all public and will include food trucks, fun, and family-friendly activities!
Mark your calendars for the 5th Annual Water Quality Boat Cruise! On Sunday, August 4th from 2-4pm, PCS and Lucas Soil & Water Conservation District will host this public event with local water quality presenters to educate about improvements and challenges facing our Maumee River Watershed. Registration is required and will be available soon!
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Bob Neubert
President of the Board
Lucas Co. Engineers
Andrew Curran
Vice President
Assistant Scout Executive,
Boy Scouts of America
Joan King
Treasurer
First Solar
Kyle Spicer
Secretary
Private Citizen
Denise Fonner
Board Member
Private Citizen
Chris Smalley
Board Member
Park Services Supervisor
Metroparks of the Toledo Area
Bill Hoefflin
Board Member
Private Citizen
Bill Buri
Board Member
Pexco Packaging
Partners for Clean Streams Inc. is striving for abundant open space and a high quality natural environment; adequate floodwater storage capacities and flourishing wildlife; stakeholders who take local ownership in their resources; and rivers, streams and lakes that are clean, clear and safe
PO Box 203
Perrysburg, Ohio 43552
phone: 419-874-0727 cell: 419-205-5588
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