Due to Recent Provincial Legislation this Group Initiative is on HOLD.
Contact Rotarian Patricia at pmurenbeeld@gmail.com
Cleanups from numerous NGO’s, community groups, and individual volunteers are critical to reducing the amount of garbage that collects in our watersheds each year. In order to
track our success, the second goal will be to tabulate the amount of debris collected from each of the individual cleanup events. And the final and most important goal will be to educate the public to the importance of protecting our waterways and to instill a sense of stewardship towards our Great Lakes.
This collaborative work project has generated much excitement and enthusiasm among the planners and is reflective of the upcoming addition of The Environment as a new area of focus of Rotary International. It also reflects our desire to be People of Action and to promote the good work of Rotary.
Rotary/Rotaract Objectives:
- Improve the aesthetics of the Great Lakes by removing garbage from public areas and roadsides.
- Reduce the amount of plastic and litter on our lands and in our waterways.
- Remove waste that could potentially be ingested by pets and other wildlife.
- Provide an opportunity for public participation in collaborative activities.
- Educate the public about the effects of littering, the importance of recycling, and to instill a sense of stewardship.
- Collect and report back to organizers cleanup metrics to track the impacts of all the cleanups.