Help clean the Reedy River and its riverbanks on Saturday, September 19th, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm.
The Reedy has been an important natural resource in the Upstate of South Carolina for hundreds of years. Greenville was originally founded on the banks around the Reedy River Falls in the 1760s.
The cleanup will be held in conjunction with the statewide event “Beach Sweep/River Sweep.”
“Beach Sweep/River Sweep is South Carolina’s largest one-day volunteer cleanup event of its kind. Every 3rd Saturday in September, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., thousands of South Carolinians clear beaches, rivers, lakes, marshes, and swamps of aquatic debris. The cleanup, organized by the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium and S.C. Department of Natural Resources, has taken place annually since 1988 – when Sea Grant first started it.”
“The Sweep takes place in conjunction with the International Coastal Cleanup, coordinated by the Ocean Conservancy. Once the Sweep is over, the Ocean Conservancy tallies all of the debris data. This data helps us learn the sources of litter so we can stop pollution before it starts.”
So join us here in Greenville as we clean up the Reedy in conjunction with this statewide event!
To sign up, email [email protected] with “Fall Clean-Up” in the subject line. Friends of the Reedy River will then send you information on where to meet, where we’ll be working, what to wear, and what to bring.
Let’s all join together to make this another successful clean up.