To make cleaning our streams even more exciting, Partners for Clean Streams hosts friendly challenges. Challenge your friends, family, a rival team, or collegeas to collect the most trash, find unusual items, or make a big impact by bringing the most volunteers or taking the best before-and-after clean-up photos!
Youth Group CYS Challenge Awards
Most Volunteers: Awarded to the groups with the most CYS participants.
Battle of the Bags: Awarded to the groups who fill the greatest number of trash bags.
Awesome Effort: For youth groups, awarded to the groups with the largest average number of bags per person.
Collegiate Group CYS Challenge Awards
Most Volunteers: Awarded to the groups with the most CYS participants.
Battle of the Bags: Awarded to the groups who fill the greatest number of trash bags.
Awesome Effort: Awarded to the groups that find the most food wrappers, which have surpassed cigarette butts as the #1 removed trash on CYS Day.
Best Before-and-After: Awarded to the biggest before-and-after impact captured via photo.
Strangest Find: Awarded to the most unusual items removed and documented via photo.
Challenges for All
Everyone is welcome to share your Best Before-and-After and Strangest Find photos on social media with @PCSMaumee and use #CleanYourStreams419. You can also email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. PCS staff will vote for the winners!
Recognition for Businesses, Nonprofits, and Other Groups
When you check-in at your kickoff, let your Kickoff Coordinator know your group name and how many members are participating. Your group will be recognized with a River Partner Certification after CYS Day, as well as featured on the PCS webpage and other materials.
Watershed Warrior: 50+ volunteers
River Guardian: 30-49 volunteers
Stream Protector: 10-29 volunteers
Creek Crusader: 1-9 volunteers
