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Media Contact: Tameka Kenan-Norman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Public Affairs Manager April 11, 2017 (252) 972-1333 NC communities compete to keep land and rivers litter free Rocky Mount, N.C.-Saturday, April 22, 2017 will mark the eighth annual Riverkeeper Cup Cleanup Challenge. The challenge, among a series of cleanup efforts within the Twin Counties, will focus on land and river cleanups. The annual Riverkeeper Cup Cleanup Challenge is a competition among volunteers in Rocky Mount, Louisburg, Tarboro, Greenville and Washington. The community that collects the most trash by weight will win the coveted Riverkeeper Cup. “The Riverkeeper Cup Cleanup Challenge is not only a way to keep the Tar-Pamlico rivers clean, but it is also an opportunity for our volunteers to have some challenging fun for a purpose,” says Cornelia McGee, coordinator for Keep America Beautiful of Nash and Edgecombe counties. Interested volunteers are asked to meet at the Battle Park boat ramp in Rocky Mount or Shiloh landing in Tarboro to receive cleanup supplies and assignments. The cleanup will be held from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. McGee reminds potential volunteers that roadside litter can make its way into storm drainage systems and into the waterways. Cleaning up this roadside litter will make roadways more attractive while also protecting a natural resource. For more information on the Riverkeeper Cup Cleanup Challenge, contact McGee at 467- 4960.
Media Contact: Tameka Kenan-Norman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Public Affairs Manager April 11, 2017 (252) 972-1333
NC communities compete to keep land and rivers litter free
Rocky Mount, N.C.-Saturday, April 22, 2017 will mark the eighth annual Riverkeeper Cup Cleanup Challenge. The challenge, among a series of cleanup efforts within the Twin Counties, will focus on land and river cleanups.
The annual Riverkeeper Cup Cleanup Challenge is a competition among volunteers in Rocky Mount, Louisburg, Tarboro, Greenville and Washington. The community that collects the most trash by weight will win the coveted Riverkeeper Cup.
“The Riverkeeper Cup Cleanup Challenge is not only a way to keep the Tar-Pamlico rivers clean, but it is also an opportunity for our volunteers to have some challenging fun for a purpose,” says Cornelia McGee, coordinator for Keep America Beautiful of Nash and Edgecombe counties.
Interested volunteers are asked to meet at the Battle Park boat ramp in Rocky Mount or Shiloh landing in Tarboro to receive cleanup supplies and assignments. The cleanup will be held from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
McGee reminds potential volunteers that roadside litter can make its way into storm drainage systems and into the waterways. Cleaning up this roadside litter will make roadways more attractive while also protecting a natural resource.
For more information on the Riverkeeper Cup Cleanup Challenge, contact McGee at 467- 4960.