It’s amazing what we can do – Here are the totals from the day:

Total volunteers: 107
Total volunteer hours: 640
Total Trash picked up in Cobbossee Watershed: 2237 lbs
Number of locations: 31
Plastic bags picked up: 315
bottles/cans: 467
cups/food trash: 827
car parts: 91
construction materials: 1,126 pieces
nip bottles: 53
clothes and shoes: 37
cigarette butts: 10,586
fishing debris: 55
holiday wreaths from 9 cemeteries
oddball finds: oscillating fan, 2 homeless camps, a dumping site along the stream, 4 tires, cut leather pieces embedded in the stream behind where the old shoe factory was located in Gardiner.

Thank you to the many partners that made this event possible:
Inez Kelly- Boys and Girls Club
Melissa Lindley- Gardiner Main Street
Greg Ponte-Kennebec Valley Chapter Trout Unlimited
Marie Ring- Kennebec Land Trust
Patricia Buck-Welton- Gardiner Area Thrives
Friends of Cobbossee Watershed
Upstream

Also participating non-profits and businesses:
Gardiner Rotary
Kiwanis
United Way of Kennebec County
Gardiner Gardeners
Johnson Hall
Marcia Buker School
EJP
G&E Roofing

We are grateful to the many families and friends who came out to make our world a better place today. We live in a wonderful generous community!

Stay tuned for an event date for 2023!