Volunteers Needed For Intercostal Waterway Clean Up

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Palm Coast, FL – Everyone’s assistance is needed to help clean and protect our community's treasured waterways and adjacent trails! The City of Palm Coast is coordinating the 10th Annual Intracoastal Waterway Cleanup on Saturday, Sept. 9, and it’s now time to register to participate and to help name this year’s mascot, the sea turtle.

This special event will pull together community volunteers to remove trash in and along the Intracoastal Waterway, its walkways and canals. Walkers can clean Palm Coast’s paths and trails, and boaters can work in saltwater canals and Intracoastal waters.

The clean-up adventure will begin at 8 a.m. Sept. 9, at Holland Park, 18 Florida Park Drive, Palm Coast, where supplies will be distributed to commence the morning activities. Following the cleanup and trash drop-off, volunteers are invited back to Holland Park for refreshments and a special awards ceremony to recognize those who found the most unique “trash.”

Pre-registration is available until Saturday, Aug. 19, on the Intracoastal Waterway Cleanup website, www.palmcoastgov.com/icwc, and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays at Palm Coast City Hall, 160 Lake Ave, and at Frieda Zamba Swimming Pool, 339 Parkview Drive, Palm Coast. Registration is also welcomed on event day at Holland Park, and on the website through noon Sept. 8, but supplies will be limited; volunteer packages with supplies are guaranteed only for those who pre-register by Aug. 19.

Pre-registered volunteers may pick up their packages early at the Palm Coast City Hall, Community Wing, 160 Lake Ave., on Saturday, Sept. 2, 9 to 11 a.m., as part of orientation beginning at 9 a.m. Pre-registered participants will receive a T-shirt, water bottle, trash bags, gloves, safety sheet and cleanup results form. Large volunteer groups are encouraged to participate in event orientation at City Hall on Sept. 2 at 9 a.m. Groups may also learn more about the Waterway Cleanup on the event website shown above.

“The City of Palm Coast encourages everyone to register and volunteer in this wonderful event – our 10th annual cleanup,” said City Administration Coordinator Denise Bevan, coordinator of the Intracoastal Waterway Cleanup. “We would also like the community to help name the 2017 cleanup mascot, the sea turtle, by voting on Facebook or through the City website from August 5th through 10th.”

The City’s website is at www.palmcoastgov.com, and the City’s Facebook page is at www.Facebook.com/discoverpalmcoast. Vote for your favorite name between Aug. 5 and 10!

Palm Coast's Intracoastal Waterway Cleanup Event is sponsored by the Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND), Waste Pro, the Stone Engineering Group, C.T. Hsu+ Associates and Marineland Dolphin Adventure, Ripple Effect Ecotours, Golden Lion Café and other proud sponsors.

Won't you please help to FIND and dispose of our waterway refuse? For more information, please call the Intracoastal Waterway Coordinator Denise Bevan at 386-986-2458 or visit www.palmcoastgov.com/icwc.

Mascot image courtesy of the City of Palm Coast.

Photo courtesy of shutter stock.com & itakdalee.

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