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Help stop litter from heading downstream on Oct. 26
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Keep Liberty Beautiful is a county program to improve the area's environment.

Litter and debris can make something so wonderful, like water, so disgusting.  I don’t know about you but I am really not interested in swimming, boating, and playing around in water that is polluted. I certainly don’t want to drink it.

To have water that we would want to drink and to swim in and all the other uses that we have for water, we have to protect our local waterways. Your chance to make a difference for clean, healthy waterways is happening this month. The health of our local creeks, streams, rivers and even the ocean is determined by the choices that we make every day. So, make a positive difference by volunteering on Oct.26, for our annual “Rivers Alive” events in Liberty County.

Rivers Alive is a statewide effort to preserve and protect our waterways in Georgia. Rivers Alive events are also part of the international efforts of The Ocean Conservancy. In Liberty County, we hold our main Rivers Alive cleanup day on national Make a Difference Day on Saturday, Oct. 26. Rivers Alive in Liberty County is a registered event for this national volunteer drive.  

The health of our waterways depends on us. At Rivers Alive, we can make a difference as volunteers by stopping litter in its tracks at over forty locations in our county. Trash that begins its life as litter in the west end of the county is just as devastating as trash tossed from a boat in the Intercoastal Waterway. Unfortunately, trash travels! We have cleanups throughout the county because our community is full of wetlands, creeks and streams. About 40 percent of Liberty County is actually wetlands, marshes, creek, streams and rivers. It is crucial to stop litter before it makes its journey downstream. 

We like to catch litter where it happens before it ends up in deep rivers and the ocean where litter retrieval becomes a very challenging situation. Litter anywhere in our county threatens the waters throughout our community. Our goal is to have more than 800 volunteers this year. 

Last year we had 756 and with your help, we can actually surpass that! We already have a number of groups registered with over 275 volunteers at this point. Thanks to all the folks who have already registered to volunteer, but we still need YOU. In just a few hours of your time on Saturday, you can make a powerful difference where you live.  

Thanks to our sponsor, SNF Holding Company, we try to make these cleanups enjoyable, too. We will have official Rivers Alive T-shirts for the first 500 volunteers registered, so they are going fast. We also provide all the cleanup supplies for our hardworking volunteers. SNF Holding Company provides a fabulous cookout for volunteers at Riceboro Creek Park on Hwy 17 South after the cleanups. We really appreciate SNF’s support because these cleanups would not be possible without them. 

So, all of Liberty County churches, businesses, organizations, families, neighborhoods, and civic clubs are encouraged to make a difference! Plan to participate and register now. You can sign up online at: Signupgenius.com and Search: klcb@libertycountyga.com. 

If you have questions contact us at Keep Liberty Beautiful. You can call (912) 880-4888 or email klcb@libertycountyga.com.  

If Oct. 26, does not work for you and your group, we can schedule a cleanup date that works for you. From Walthourville to the Atlantic Ocean, our waterways need YOU!  Do not take clean water for granted, join us for Rivers Alive! 

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