This holiday season, continue making a gift to our waterways that give us life. Your support for Partners for Clean Streams allows us to continue to expand our annual programs, such as Clean Your Streams Day, Glass City Marathon Green Team, CYS 365, Get the Lead Out, Storm Drain Marking, Youth Patch Day, and conservation education outreach. We are encouraged by the amount […]
As we near the end of the year and the beginning of a new one, we reflect on what we have been able to do for our waterways in 2018. The results from this past year are a testament to our volunteer’s commitment to clean, clear, and safe water. Our Get the Lead Out program, Clean Your […]
During the winter months, we are still hard at work to improve water quality in Northwest Ohio. Our partnership with the Huntington Center as their concessions crew allows us to receive half of that event’s proceeds. These unrestricted funds help us grow our programs, such as Clean Your Streams Day, Get the Lead Out, Youth Patch Day, […]
Thank you to everyone who attended and supported our 12th Annual General Meeting (AGM) that was held on #GivingTuesday, November 27th. We hosted the AGM at the beautiful Nederhouser Community Hall in Olander Park. Michael’s catered the event and we are still working on finishing the leftovers! Over 30 people attended, helping us review our accomplishments from the […]
We might not be able to get out on the water as much during the winter months, but we can still make an effort to conserve it at home during the holidays. The holiday season signals food, family, and fun times, yet it can also be wasteful if we are not conscious of conservation. Follow these simple […]
PCS will be hosting its 12th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday, November 27th from 5:30-7:30pm at Nederhouse Community Hall in Olander Park, Sylvania. We are excited to share our successes from the year with our partners and friends. Our work for clean, clear, and safe water is only possible from the support of people like you! The AGM […]
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – to volunteer! PCS is excited to announce our new partnership with the Huntington Center during their Winter/Spring event season. As a local non-profit, we are always looking for innovative ways to increase our funding base so that we can continue to increase our environmental and educational impact. We will […]
Our Northwest Ohio streams have never been cleaner! PCS is proud to share with our community the results from Clean Your Streams Day 22. We had a total of 1,109 volunteers who came to seven kick-offs throughout the greater Toledo area. From there, they spread out to 75 individual cleanup sites, improving water quality along the Ottawa River, […]
Barbie Kalta has been helping us prepare for Clean Your Streams Day by interning at PCS. She is a senior at BGSU, majoring in Environmental Science with a focus on Watershed Management. She is using her internship here to gain experience in planning, communicating, and educating in the environmental field. Prior to PCS, she interned at Solon Wastewater […]
PCS uses data cards during Clean Your Streams Day to track not only trash, but trends in trash. CYS volunteers use the data cards to indicate the specific type, quantity, and volume of marine debris that they pick up. After PCS staff receives them back, we carefully configure the total data from the day into a global […]