Volunteers Surpass 7,000 mark
200 volunteers on Saturday, March 23 was the largest ever to help remove trash in our 10 year history! They were divided into six tracks to cover over a 1-mile stretch of Wilderness Island shoreline near the confluence of Robeson Creek with the Haw River Arm. Neighbors of Providence Church Rd. and Ryan Rd. off Hanks Chapel Rd. also organized their own cleanup on the west side of the Haw River Arm across from our target area. They stacked about 100 bags and 20 tires along a stretch from just south of where Robeson Creek enters the Haw to the big cove to the north of the peninsula defining entry of Stinking Creek..
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200 Volunteers at Annual Spring Trash Cleanup!
200 volunteers on Saturday, March 23 was the largest ever to help remove trash in our 10 year history! They were divided into six tracks to cover over a 1-mile stretch of Wilderness Island shoreline near the confluence of Robeson Creek with the Haw River Arm. Neighbors of Providence Church Rd. and Ryan Rd. off Hanks Chapel Rd. also organized their own cleanup on the west side of the Haw River Arm across from our target area. They stacked about 100 bags and 20 tires along a stretch from just south of where Robeson Creek enters the Haw to the big cove to the north of the peninsula defining entry of Stinking Creek..
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Dell Planet NC on New Cleanup Area
We welcomed 20 volunteers from Dell Planet NC employee resource group (ERG) on March 15th. Planet is one of the largest ERGs at Dell, with more than 60 chapters and nearly 9,000 members globally. We’re pleased that Clean Jordan Lake was recognized as a good opportunity to help restore beauty and harmony to a vital natural resource within the Triangle area .
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140 bags of trash and 7 tires snagged by Sensus, a xylem brand
Sensus a xylem brand brought 50 employees to Jordan Lake on Monday, Oct. 29th for a great morning of community service! After many weeks the lake level had thankfully receded to just 3 ft above normal. The volunteers were able to reach the shoreline safely and remove most of the trash brought by Hurricanes Florence and Michael.
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Adopt-A-Shoreline and Feeder Stream Programs Grow
In Spring 2018, three groups joined our Adopt-A-Shoreline Program (AASP) and one joined our Adopt-A-Feeder Stream Program(AAFSP). This brings the totals to 21 in the AASP and three in the AAFSP.
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2018 Annual Spring Trash Cleanup A Great Success
About 80 volunteers showed up at the Visitor Assistance Center of the Army Corps of Engineers on Jordan Dam Rd. for our Annual Spring Trash Cleanup on Saturday, March 24th despite threatening weather. We served Rise biscuits courtesy of Van Murray, our new President (see photo of him) and Larry's Beans donated lots of hot coffee to start the day.
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Volunteerism Way Up in Fall 2017
Since September, 375 volunteers have participated in 30 cleanups and have removed 680 bags of trash and 139 tires. This is a large increase over the same period in 2016 when 253 volunteers removed 415 bags and 60 tires in 24 cleanups.
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Clean Jordan Lake Receives $500 from Morgan Stanley Foundation
We're very pleased to have received $500 from the Volunteer Incentive Program offered by the Morgan Stanley Foundation. This program acknowledges nonprofit in which Morgan Stanley employees participate.
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Kids learn about trash at Annual Fishing Fiesta
The second annual Fishing Fiesta sponsored by NC Wildlife Resources Commission and NC State Parks was a grand success on Sat. Kids visited stations set up at Jordan Lake's White Oak Recreation Area where various organizations talked about water safety, species of fish and birds, careers in nature, knot tying, casting, cooking fish, protecting our water and land, and much more.
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Volunteers in Annual Spring Trash Cleanup restore 2 mi. of shoreline
The arrival of a beautiful morning on March 25th was a great relief to us! We had to cancel our Fall Trash Cleanup because of Hurricane Matthew. And the arrival of 150 energetic volunteers was just as beautiful! We thank especially our wonderful boaters who buzzed around the lake ferrying volunteers and hauling trash, recyclables and tires to the Corps of Engineers headquarters for drop off .
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2016 Ends Optimistically
As the year ends, here are few recent highlights. We received $1,000 from Cary MacGregor and Apex Sunrise Rotary Clubs to spend on much needed supplies such as lots of new gloves, trash grabbers and attractive signs and banners.
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Local Rotary Clubs At Work
The Cary MacGregor and Apex Sunrise Rotary Clubs sponsored a fine morning of community service at the lake on Sat., Oct. 22. Several members of our meetup.com/helpcleanjordanlake and Ranger Jon Bannerman of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Jordan Dam joined them. True to Rotary Club motto of "Service Above Self", 30 bags of trash and 3 tires were removed in 2 hours of work.
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