Watershed Clean-Up Day Scheduled for Saturday April 19th
April 16, 2008
Penn State’s Physical Plant in cooperation with the Clearwater Conservancy is leading a clean-up effort to remove litter from Penn State watershed property. Help celebrate Earth Day Weekend by giving a few hours back to Mother Nature and have some fun in the process.
When : Saturday, APRIL 19, 2008
Where: Volunteers Will Meet At The Pollock Rd. Entrance Of The HUB-Robeson Center At 9:00 a.m.
Area for Clean-up: PSU Watershed area between the Sunset Park Bike Path and the T.G.I. Friday's Restaurant on North Atherton Street.
Gloves, bags, water, and safety gear will be provided. Please dress appropriately. Please bring a vehicle if possible to help ferry volunteers to the work site.
The cleanup will be followed by a picnic for volunteers at the Millbrook Marsh Nature Center.
During the last 11 years, Watershed Cleanup Day volunteers have removed almost 1,400 tons of trash, with more than 1,100 of those tons removed in the last three years. In 2007, the event attracted over 250 volunteers.
Come out and join us for some fun in the mud!
Paul D. Ruskin
Communications/Public Affairs Coordinator
Office of Physical Plant
Pennsylvania State University
E-mail: pdr2@psu.edu