Florence-area volunteers can join in annual litter sweep

Published: September 9, 2010

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FLORENCE — Help keep local beaches and waterways clean of trash, debris and pollution during the 2010 Annual Beach Sweep/River Sweep hosted by the Florence Darlington Stormwater Consortium.

Volunteers can help with the cleanup at two sites:

• Black Creek at Kalmia Gardens, 1624 W. Carolina Ave., Hartsville — 8 a.m. Sept. 11. Contact clean-up coordinator Dan Hill at 843-383-8145.

• Jeffries Creek Park, 1501 Hillside Drive, Florence — 9 a.m. Sept. 18. Contact Terasa Young at 843-661-4800, ext. 113.

With the help of local cleanup coordinators called site captains, local volunteers will join thousands of people around the state in one of the largest one-day cleanup of litter at beaches and waterways.

The statewide event is organized by the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium and S.C. Department of Natural Resources. Beach Sweep/River Sweep is held in conjunction with the Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup.

The Florence Darlington Stormwater Consortium is a regional collaboration involving the Carolina Clear program in partnership with communities and educators from universities, state agencies and nonprofits.

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Carolina Clear
Carolina Clear is a stormwater education and awareness program of the Clemson University Restoration Institute and the Center for Watershed Excellence. The program’s goal is to minimize polluted stormwater runoff by educating the general public, youth, builders, developers, homeowners and government officials about how they can keep water in the state’s streams, rivers and basins as clean as possible.