Fall Waterways CleanupFall Waterways Cleanup coincides with the International Coastal Cleanup and beautiful end-of-summer weather - a great time to explore local streams, beaches and parks, and do your part to stop the flow of trash into the environment. Keep Rockland Beautiful offers the same support and supplies to volunteer groups as during our massive cleanup campaign in April -- trash bags, temporary tattoos, wristbands, t-shirts (while they last), and guidance on site selection, safety and environmental education. We are organizing to support cleanups of Hudson River beaches and the Hackensack River, as well as local streams such as the Pascack Brook, Nauruashaun Brook, Nyack Brook, the Sparkill, and the Minisceongo. Please call for more info.We have not yet created a separate online registration form for this event, but there is a downloadable registration form and a downloadable event flyer on this page, and a host ofrelevant information about our support for volulnteer cleanups on the Great American Cleanup page.Volunteers Needed at These EventsSaturday, Sept. 27, 10 a.m. - noon, Nauraushaun Brook. Meet at Tulip Lane off of Marycrest Rd, off of Townline Rd and exit 7 off the Palisades Parkway. Contact: Andy Stewart, KRB Executive Director, cell 845-729-5590 for details. This cleanup will support KRB volulnteer John Laplaca, who will be filling is 1000th bag of trash as we cleanup a popular party spot in a beautiful streamside woodsy area. Saturday, Sept. 27, 10 a.m. - 12 noon, Pascack Brook cleanup, Spring Valley. Meet at the parking lot opposite the Little League baseball field on Dutch Lane, off Rte 59 in Spring Valley.Contact: Sonia Cairo, KRB Project Coordinator, 845-708-9159 to register. Walk-ins welcome! Saturday, Sept. 27, 10 a.m., Haverstraw Greenway Trail Cleanup. Meet at corner of Warner and Broadway, Haverstraw Village. Contact: KRB for details of this annual event led by Jennifer Bodkin, a teacher at the nearby middle school. Saturday, Oct. 4, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m., Kennedy Dells Park, New City, meet at the picnic pavilion. Bring gloves, handsaws and loppers if you have them, for our goal is to "free-a-tree" of invasive and damaging vines, as part of a broader response to invasive plant species statewide. Contact: Nancy Binder Selover, KRB Project Coordinator, cell 845-729-2005. (We will add more events as they are scheduled)
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DownloadsFall Waterways Cleanup Registration Form Laplaca Fills 1000th Bag of TrashJohn Laplaca is a man on a mission for God and Country against the "slobs" who would defile Rockland's precious waterways and scenic areas. An avid fisherman, photographer and woodsman, John knows the County like the back of his hand from his work fixing phone lines for Verizon, and fishing every pool of water he can find. Hardly a day passes that John does not fill at least a half-dozen trashbags with litter on his way home from work. Weekends find John hauling trash from Sterling Forest, Harriman Park, and any little woodsy area that needs a bit of TLC. On Saturday, September 27, with help from KRB volunteers, John will fill his 1000th bag of 2008, completing his personal challenge for the year, by cleaning up a popular "party-spot" on the Nauraushaun Brook off Tulip Ln in Nanuet. Who wants to help John complete his mission? Call KRB for details -- let's give John a boost!! Click here for YouTube video of kids pulling couch from Nauraushaun!
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