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The BIG Spring Clean Needs You!

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Hello,

 

We need your help! Please join Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services and Keep Mecklenburg Beautiful for THE BIG SPRING CLEAN (formerly Big Sweep) on Saturday, May 14th from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. This is a chance for citizens, families, students, organizations, etc. to improve the health of our local creeks, streams, and lakes by removing trash and debris.  This is also a great event for students to earn service hours. Site coordinators will provide student participation slips the day of the event; awarding hour for hour worked, up to four (4) hours. Brief details about the event are outlined below:

 

The Big Spring Clean

Event Date:  Saturday, May 14

Event Time:  9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Event Location:  Eight (8) sites (see web page below for a list of sites & meeting places)

For more information and to register:  http://charmeck.org/stormwater/VolunteerGetInvolved/Pages/TheBigSpringClean.aspx

*All children 14 and younger must be accompanied by an adult.

 

Please feel free to use the attached flyer (.jpg and .pdf version) to send to anyone that may be interested in participating in this event.

 

We look forward to seeing you at The Big Spring Clean on May 14th!

 

 

**Please note our new address**

Thank you,

 

Deania Russo, Environmental Specialist

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services

Water Quality Program

2145 Suttle Avenue

Charlotte, NC 28208-5237

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The Big Spring Clean (formerly Big Sweep)
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When:   ??‹??‹        Saturday, May 14, 2016
Time:  9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Registration:Please register here 
Bring:  Hat, sunglasses, sunscreen 
Clothing:  Old clothes that can get wet and dirty 
                        Sturdy boots or shoes
Provided:  Trash bags, gloves, snacks, and water

 
All children 14 and younger must be accompanied by an adult.


 Staffed Locations:  

 

Code Site Meeting Place G??‹et Directions
??‹??‹ ??‹??‹??‹??‹??‹??‹??‹??‹??‹??‹??‹??‹??‹??‹??‹??‹??‹??‹ ??‹??‹??‹ Campbell Creek Greenway 2116 Margaret Wallace Rd. (Charlotte) Get Directions
??‹   Irwin Creek Greenway Irwin Avenue Elementary School, 329 N. Irwin Ave. (Charlotte) Get Dir??‹ections
??‹   Mallard Creek Greenway
9729 Mallard Creek Rd. ??‹(Charlotte)
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??‹   McMullen Creek Greenway 8135 Pineville-Matthews Rd. (Charlotte) Get Dire??‹ctions
??‹   Four Mile Creek Greenway 7935 Council Place #200 (Matthews),
Sam’s Xpress Car Wash – Corporate Office		 Get Directions??‹
  Latta Plantation Nature Preserve Picnic Area (Huntersville) Get Dire??‹ctions
  Berryhill Nature Preserve Berr??‹yhill Baptist Church, 9791 Walkers Ferry Rd. (Charlotte)??‹  Get Di??‹rections??‹
??‹ Little Sugar Creek ??‹10348 Sam Meeks Rd. (Pineville)??‹ Get Di??‹r??‹ections??‹
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All ages welcome		 Access difficult - 
Children ??‹1??‹0 & up
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??‹Be part of the solution to water pollution!
An enormous amount of trash gets into our streams and lakes from storm drains, flooded yards, and illegal dumping. Trash degrades recreation areas, harms wildlife, and looks terrible for our community. We need your help!   

What's it like to participate?  
Watch this Video??‹ that students from Central Piedmont Community College made in 2009 about their experience in the annual clean up event formerly called Big Sweep. 

History 
From the early 1990s until 2015, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services (CMSWS) hosted a??‹n annual one-day clean up event called Big Sweep. It was part of clean up events coordinated across NC by the nonprofit NC Big Sweep that dissolved in 2015. In 2016, CMSWS renamed the event The Big Spring Clean and partnered with Keep Mecklenburg Beautiful to begin hosting it on the second Saturday in May each year. 
Can’t participate, but want to get involved?  For updates about The Big Spring Clean, other volunteer opportunities, and local stormwater and water quality activities, visit our Volunteer webpage??‹ and follow Water Watchers on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.  
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For more information about The Big Spring Clean event, contact:
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Erin Hall 
Senior Environmental Specialist
980-721-2098
 
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