Lend a Hand’ Sat­ur­day, April 10, 9am–Noon

The largest regional event of its kind, the Cleanup pro­vides a trans­form­ing expe­ri­ence that engages cit­i­zens and com­mu­nity lead­ers and gen­er­ates momen­tum for change.

Since 1989, more than 50,000 vol­un­teers have teamed with 375 part­ner orga­ni­za­tions of the Alice Fer­gu­son Foun­da­tion to pull over 3 mil­lion tons of trash from the watershed’s streams, rivers and bays. Last year´s haul of over 290 tons included more than 27 tons of recy­clables, 41,122 Plas­tic bags, 2,095 tires, 17 bicy­cles, 16 shop­ping carts, 9 Metal and plas­tic bar­rels, 5 TVs and 5 refrigerators!

The 2009 Cleanup took place at over 500 sites in the Dis­trict of Colum­bia, Mary­land, Vir­ginia, Penn­syl­va­nia and West Vir­ginia – all part of the lands, or water­shed, that drain into the Potomac with loca­tions that included fields, forests, park­ing lots and other ‘inland’ sites, where the trash can be removed before it enters creeks and other waterways.

From the list of FB/GT loca­tions and coor­di­nates that fol­low, choose a spot and help the Potomac!

Cleanup Sites in Dis­trict of Colum­bia County, DC

Fletcher’s Boat House Wash­ing­ton, DC
Ms. Deanna Tri­carico Potomac Con­ser­vancy Visit web site for more infor­ma­tion: www.potomac.org/site/ Vol­un­teers are needed for this site. Max­i­mum num­ber of vol­un­teers: 100. Max­i­mum park­ing capac­ity: 100. Restrooms are avail­able. Spe­cial issues at this site: Vol­un­teers are wel­come to bring canoes or kayaks…

Rock Creek Park Piney Branch Wash­ing­ton, DC
Doug Barker Vol­un­teers are needed for this site. Max­i­mum num­ber of vol­un­teers: 20. Max­i­mum park­ing capac­ity: 12. Restrooms are not avail­able. Spe­cial issues at this site: We’ll be work­ing along the rocky and some­what slip­pery creek bed and the sides of the creek bed.

Theodore Roo­sevelt Island National Memo­r­ial Wash­ing­ton, DC
Ms. Deanna Tri­carico Potomac Con­ser­vancy Visit web site for more infor­ma­tion: www.potomac.org/site/ Vol­un­teers are needed for this site. Max­i­mum num­ber of vol­un­teers: 125. Max­i­mum park­ing capac­ity: 100. Restrooms are available.

Wash­ing­ton Canoe Club George­town, DC
Ms. Car­o­line C Bro­sius Wash­ing­ton Canoe Club Web site: www.washingtoncanoeclub.org Vol­un­teers are needed for this site. Max­i­mum num­ber of vol­un­teers: 75. Max­i­mum park­ing capac­ity: metered on street or paid garage park­ing only. Restrooms are avail­able. Spe­cial issues at this site: acces­si­ble from the Cres­cent trail by bike; we have some canoes we could use to go along the shore itself and pick up trash; we have some wheel bar­rows that could be used; the club has restrooms avail­able; the club is on NPS land; clean up occurs along Potomac, C&O Canal, Cres­cent Trail and environs.

Direc­tions to Fletcher’s Boat House
Fletcher’s Boat House is located 2 miles North of Key Bridge and 1 mile South of Chain Bridge, at the inter­sec­tion of Reser­voir Road and Canal Road. You will know you have reached the entrance to Fletcher’s when you see the Abner Cloud House.

Direc­tions to Theodore Roo­sevelt Island
Theodore Roo­sevelt Island is acces­si­ble only from the north­bound lanes of the George Wash­ing­ton Memo­r­ial Park­way. The entrance to the park­ing lot is located just north of the Roo­sevelt Bridge. South­bound traf­fic: take Theodore Roo­sevelt Bridge to Con­sti­tu­tion Ave. Take a right on 23rd St. and cross Memo­r­ial Bridge. Once on the bridge, bear right to return to the G.W. Park­way. The clos­est Metro Sta­tion is Rosslyn.

Direc­tions to Wash­ing­ton Canoe Club
3700 K Street NW Wash­ing­ton DC Using Metro Orange line: From Foggy Bot­tom: appox. 20 minute walk. Take “K” street to head of Cres­cent trail path. From Ross­lyn: walk across Key Bridge, take stairs down to C&O canal then down to “K” street. From VA: Cross Key Bridge, Turn right on “M” street, right on Wis­con­sin Ave NW, right on “K” street to end of road. From MD/DC: Canal Road to “M” street, right on Wis­con­sin Ave. NW, right on “K” street go to end of road. ~ FBN