(effective 9:18am Saturday, May 1)
DUE TO A BAND OF EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS, INCLUDING LIGHTNING, WE HAVE CANCELED THIS SPRING EVENT
WE’RE VERY SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE YOU.
Please watch for our rescheduled Fall event and kick off to our “Friends of Percy Priest Lake” non-profit association in September.
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We’re kickin’ butt on trash again Saturday, May 1, 2010.
WELCOME TO THE LARGEST WATER CLEANUP IN NASHVILLE HISTORY! If you’ve participated in one of our previous projects, thank you!! Each Nashville Clean Water Project event has been a tremendous success with more garbage reclaimed and more friendships made than we ever knew was possible when we began. Thanks to the generosity and persistence of NCWP volunteers, we’ve gifted almost $200,000 in labor, organizational and educational services in just under two years. Together, we’re improving the water quality in and around Nashville by putting a permanent dent in the blight.
Please join us in keeping the campaign against trash at Percy Priest a public conversation — keep steering your friends, neighbors and employers here and join us for our next free event on Saturday, May 1, 2010.
You can make another huge difference just by getting involved. Click the yellow “register” button on any page and volunteer. (Volunteers must be 16 years old and up.)
Our first cleanup in May 2008 was huge; the largest Nashville has ever seen! Altogether, we’ve reclaimed 140 cubic yards of bottles, cans, plastics, coolers, tires, Styrofoam, chairs, BBQ grills, and more. We’ve even hauled in a full-sized traffic light, an office copier, residential air conditioners, even a mannequin arm — all from Percy Priest Lake. (Seriously, who takes a mannequin to the lake?) All told, we’ve collected twice as much trash than an average shopping mall produces in a month. But that’s just 40% of the estimated surface trash at Percy Priest Lake so this very necessary public campaign against trash goes on.
100% volunteer based. If you’d like to contribute a tax-free donation of any size (even $10), please click here. Be sure to type “Nashville Clean Water Project” in the “Dedication” blank so the Cumberland River Compact will pass your donation straight through to us. Thanks for your support; please tell others about our cause.
