Monday, May 7th, 2007
Yesterday, I joined hundreds of other Calgarians in the Annual River Clean Up. Our group, from Friends Church, cleaned bothe sides of the Elbow from Misson Bridge to the 32nd Ave pedway. About 25 bags of garbage was collected in 3 hours. Last year, about 70 groups collected thousands of bags and improved the quality of the river banks and watershed.
The first pathway & river clean-up was instigated by 12 year-old Sandra Crawford. While walking along the Elbow River bank in early spring 1967, she saw an entire mattress lying in the river. She tried to haul the mattress out on her own, but failed. She wrote a letter to the Calgary Herald decrying the mess. Since then thousands of Calgarians have shown their sense of community spirit and pride by volunteering each year in this great cause.
The 41st Annual Pathway & River Clean-up will be held on Sunday, May 4, 2008. Please visit this page in early spring to register your group.
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