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Title: Coquitlam River Clean Up - SEP 9, 2017
Post by: BladeKid on July 26, 2017, 08:05:55 AM
Hello everyone,

Please come join us Saturday, September 9th for a much needed clean up on the Coquitlam River.

Details
Where: Lions Park, Port Coquitlam (meet here in the morning)
When: Sat - September 9
Time: 11 am to 3 pm

This will be a  really fun event as always. We will have a few small prize give aways and some food and drinks at the end as well!

Gloves, bags, and garbage tongs will be supplied, but feel free to bring anything else you might want.

Please visit our Facebook page for more details and to confirm your attendance: https://www.facebook.com/events/160390877839157/?ti=cl

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Mike
Title: Re: Coquitlam River Clean Up - SEP 9, 2017
Post by: Steelhawk on July 26, 2017, 12:33:24 PM
I am interested to help out but perhaps you refresh this post close to the day of the clean-up. Some of us older guys don't have good memory any more. Lol.
Title: Re: Coquitlam River Clean Up - SEP 9, 2017
Post by: BladeKid on July 27, 2017, 07:52:15 AM
Haha will do. Hope to see you there. And pass on the word.
Title: Re: Coquitlam River Clean Up - SEP 9, 2017
Post by: firebird on July 27, 2017, 07:20:15 PM
I am interested to help out but perhaps you refresh this post close to the day of the clean-up. Some of us older guys don't have good memory any more. Lol.
That's why some of us older guys have become totally dependent on reminders from the calendar in their newfangled phone. Got this "penciled" in  8)
Title: Re: Coquitlam River Clean Up - SEP 9, 2017
Post by: BladeKid on August 29, 2017, 08:04:26 AM
Week and a half away folks. Hope to see you there.

Searun Fly and Tackle and the Steelhead Society of BC have generously donated hats and fishing gear for the raffle. Everyone who participates gets entered.
Title: Re: Coquitlam River Clean Up - SEP 9, 2017
Post by: BladeKid on September 09, 2017, 10:39:16 AM
Clean up is today folks! Hope to see you there. We will be cleaning till 230! Meeting back at Lions Park then to wrap up.
Title: Re: Coquitlam River Clean Up - SEP 9, 2017
Post by: Blood_Orange on September 10, 2017, 10:00:27 AM
Went to the cleanup yesterday in the rain. First time doing one of these. A good crowd of about 25 showed up despite the weather. Thanks to Megan and Michael for organizing, sourcing cleaning supplies, getting food donations, and procuring raffle prizes.

Some trashy highlights included a rim, tire, hibachi, 3 shopping carts, 30-40 syringes, a couch (that had to be floated down the river a ways to get it out of the bush, lol), along with a bunch of electrical wires and electronic junk.

I'm pleased that nobody found a body or was stuck by a syringe  8)

(https://preview.ibb.co/nvYgTa/trash.jpg) (https://ibb.co/kOx88a)



Title: Re: Coquitlam River Clean Up - SEP 9, 2017
Post by: scouterjames on September 10, 2017, 07:23:45 PM
sent you a PM
Title: Re: Coquitlam River Clean Up - SEP 9, 2017
Post by: BladeKid on September 25, 2017, 02:00:29 PM
Hey everyone,

Little bit late of reply, but just wanted to say thanks to all that made it out! Was a huge success with a pretty good turn out of about 30-35 people. We estimated that about 4 tonnes of garbage was removed! Thanks again to Searun Fly and Tackle and the Steelhead Society for the donations!! And also Me n Eds in Port Coquitlam.

There was a small write up about the event in the Tri-Cities: http://www.tricitynews.com/news/needles-and-couches-in-coquitlam-trash-sweep-1.22652595

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(https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=626505117)
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