What: Renew Our Rivers Swift Creek cleanup
When: Saturday, Feb. 15 9 a.m. to noon
Where: Swift Creek Landing (County Road 21 south), Autaugaville Directions: Travel to Autaugaville on Highway 14; turn south on County Road 21 south and continue to Swift Creek Landing. Boats will ferry some volunteers to clean-up on the water while others will clean debris along the shoreline and roadways.
Who: This Renew Our Rivers cleanup is coordinated by Autauga County PALS, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Coast Guard, Advanced Disposal Systems and Alabama Power.
To Volunteer: Contact John-Paul O’Driscoll at 334-358-6749.
For an up-to-date listing of Renew Our Rivers cleanups scheduled in 2014, please visit RenewOurRivers.com or go to AlabamaPower.com and click on “Lakes & Recreation.”
Alabama Power, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE:SO), provides reliable, affordable electricity to more than 1.4 million customers across the state.
Renew Our Rivers Fact Sheet
Alabama River cleanup
- First community cleanup: 2009
- Total trash removed: 48,820 pounds
- Total volunteers: More than 350
- 2013 trash removed: 7,000 pounds
- 2013 volunteers: More than 70
Renew Our Rivers 15-Year
- First community cleanup: 2000
- Southeast state impact: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi
- Total trash removed: More than 13.5 million pounds
- Alabama trash removed: More than 10.5 million pounds
- Alabama volunteers: More than 56,000
- 2013 Alabama trash removed: More than 380,000 pounds
- 2013 Alabama volunteers: More than 5,700