St. Marys Annual River Celebration

From Rick Frey:

 

"Here are the statistics for our 20th Annual St. Marys River Clean-up this past Saturday.

These are total numbers for Baker and Nassau Counties on the Florida side of the River,

and Charlton and Camden on the GA side. I have also separated out St. Marys numbers

because our participation was significant in making this event so successful.

 

715 Volunteers total: 125 volunteers from St. Marys which included 9 from the
Base and 13 from Cumberland Harbour.

31,000 lbs of trash, recyclables and tires (200) total. (2,000 lbs and 10 tires from
St. Marys).

Our volunteers cleaned up every street in downtown St. Marys south of the RR tracks

including all drainage ditches, marsh and water front accessible by foot. Dark Entry

from the dock along SR40 to entrance to Borrell Creek Resuraunt was also cleaned up,

with special thanks to Carolyn Rock from Hariett's Bluff for handling that assignment 

herself.

 

St. Marys was not the only clean-up activity in Camden County. Exceptional effort was

made in Kingsland at the I-95 Bridge, the Route 17 Bridge and in Browntown.

 

In St. Marys, the volunteer numbers have risen each year, and the amount of trash

collected has decreased. This tells us that more and more people are being educated

about the proper disposition for trash, and that more and more people are taking personal responsibility for the stewardship of their environment. I would also like to give a

"shout-out" to Bobby Marr and the public works employees of the City of St. Marys

who work hard every day keeping our downtown area clean.

 

To volunteers in St. Marys and Cumberland Harbour, t-shirts are now available.

Please call Rick Frey at 404-909-0667 to make arrangements for your pick-up.

 

Congratulations to all who have made this event so successful over the years."