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  Events: 2008 Annual South Platte Riversweep  
   
   
   
 

The Annual South Platte River Sweep is scheduled for Saturday, September 20th, 8 a.m. to noon. South Platte River Sweep will once again be a part of National Public Lands Day. This will be the 15th consecutive year that the City of Denver and the Greenway Foundation have jointly collaborated in a 15-mile multi-jurisdictional cleanup. We are very pleased to the have our returning sponsors 1st Bank-University Hills Branch, Denver Parks and Recreation Department, SCFD, Riverfront Park Community Foundation, and Vitamin Water along with the support from the Greenway Preservation Trust. The event is open to individuals, companies, schools, clubs and neighborhood groups. Participants include members of Trout Unlimited, United Site Services, Denver Parks
Recreation Department Volunteer Office, REI, UD&FCD and several others.

The Greenway Foundation hosts of this event and is responsible for coordinating sponsorships, lunch, publicity and trash pickup. Urban Drainage and Flood Control District donates trash pickup, United Site Services donates portalets and containers, REI handles onsite volunteer signups, and local restaurants donate food for the volunteer luncheon following the event.

- To register, download and fax this form to Hands on Denver Attention: Tina Romero at 303-806-9082. You/your group need to pre-register. A free volunteer luncheon follows the event at Fishback Landing Park (between REI and Downtown Aquarium) on Water Street.

Parking will be offered free of charge to all volunteers at the Downtown Aquarium.

Sponsors: Denver Parks and Recreation Department, 1st Bank, REI, Riverfront Park Community Foundation, SCFD, Urban Drainage and Flood Control District, City Wild, Vitamin Water, United Site Services, and Downtown Aquarium

 
   
 

 
     
  For more information, call 303-455-7109 or send email to:cindy@greenwayfoundation.org  
     
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