It was another great year for us, our partners, and
volunteers. We want to send out a big THANK YOU to our the forty volunteers who
joined us to help cleanup the Humber River. A big shoutout of thanks for our
partners, Contiki Holidays, the Complete
Paddler, TreadRight Foundation, and
Tiered
The
efforts of everyone resulted in the collection and removal of 2.4 tonnes of
junk. How Awesome is that? Some of the junk may have come from flooding but
other junk, sadly, was simply disposed of in the river and surrounding area. We
cleaned up for the better part of a day but it shouldn’t stop there. We all
should be proud of the amount of junk we removed but there is still more work to
be done and more help and support required to protect the Humber River year
round.
We
helped raise awareness regarding the Humber River’s junk situation and we are
grateful for the efforts everyone put forth to get the word out and for the
additional coverage we received fromCTV News and Anwar Knight over
the course of the day.
Some
of the things that we collected ranged from the interesting to the strange/weird
such as an old freezer, what appeared to be a severed head but was, in fact,
just a wig, and a toboggan.
It
was great to see so many people doing well by doing good. Lots of
smiles.
You
can count on us to be back next year and we hope we can count on you to join us.
In the meantime, we will continue to raise awareness about the Humber River’s
junk problem and ask that you continue to help spread the word.
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