Individual or Group Participation in General Public Cleanup Events

Clean Jordan Lake sponsors two annual trash cleanup events that are open to the general public. One of these is held in early October as part of the NC Big Sweep statewide cleanup event. The other is held in March as part of the Haw River Assembly Clean-Up-A-Thon.  The targeted area for both of these events for the next few years will be the Haw River Arm.  Because of the remoteness of the coves, our call for volunteers includes walkers to pick up trash and boaters to ferry volunteers as well as trash back to the boat ramp.  Look for more information about these upcoming events at our Meetup.com site.

Adopt-A-Shoreline Program

Supported by a Biogen Idec Foundation Grant

Our Adopt-A-Shoreline Program is designed to clean shoreline access points outside of the Jordan Lake State Recreation Areas that are habitually littered. The Adopt-A-Shoreline Program is ideal for civic and religious groups, high school clubs and classes, boating clubs and business establishments. This sign will be posted on each adopted section of shoreline to acknowledge the responsible organization.

How It Works

We have put up for adoption 10 sections of shoreline that are habitually littered.  These are easily accessed by foot paths from the road.  Groups can also suggest other sites.  Clean Jordan Lake provides the trash bags, trash grabbers, gloves and first-aid kit and also removes the trash bags after the cleanup.  The typical time required to remove litter from a section is about 3 hours.

• The Requirements for Participation
  

1. Group should have at least six members to guarantee two or more participants per event
2. Conduct three cleanups per year, preferably in early spring, mid-summer and early fall.  School groups can choose a schedule to fit the academic year. A 3-year commitment is required.
3. Sign a liability waiver form for each participant to participate in each event (this may require parent/guardian signature if participant is a minor)
4. Provide a contact person and contact information
5. Obey safety precautions such as wear closed toe shoes, gloves, long pants, long sleeve shirt and hat (these are all to avoid cuts, ticks, chiggers and poison ivy)
6. Pick up and return supplies from Clean Jordan Lake storage location
7. Leave trash bags along side of the road for later pick up
8. Provide report to Clean Jordan Lake that gives hours spent, number of trash bags collected, number of volunteers and any interesting items of trash

To participate, contact info@cleanjordanlake.org

Other Group Opportunities

Clean Jordan Lake also welcomes groups wishing to schedule a cleanup event at any time during the year. Thus far, GlaxoSmithKline and Biogen Idec have chosen trash cleanup at Jordan Lake as their annual employee day of community service. The environmental science class at Green Hope High School has also participated to earn service credits.

For these events, Clean Jordan Lake suggests shoreline areas in need of cleaning, provides all the supplies and removes the trash.

For more information, contact info@cleanjordanlake.org

A Special Appeal to the Boating Community

Clean Jordan Lake is especially interested in making the boating community aware of our mission, our trash cleanup events and our programs to promote trash prevention.  We encourage all boating clubs to make their members aware of our General Public Events by providing a link in their social media to Clean Jordan Lake. Our Boat U.S. Foundation grant is providing funds for several activities to increase the involvement of the boating community.