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Thank you to all who honored the 40^th Anniversary of Earth Day by participating in projects throughout Montgomery County. 
Over 4,000 volunteers were involved in improving our environment! 

 
If your group held an Earth Day activity, click here to let us know.   We can post your pictures online to share with other volunteers!

More Photos!!

Before and after photos from KidzCare’s Gardening Project at a Men’s Homeless Shelter in Rockville: http://www.kidzcareusa.org/photogallery.html

22^nd Annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup: http://www.fergusonfoundation.org/trash_initiative/trash_cleanup.shtml

Read about one volunteer’s experience at the Friends of Rock Creek’s Environment Extreme Cleanup: http://friendsofrockcreek.org/rock-creek-blog

From the collected results to date:

• Over 140 volunteers joined with Calleva & Potomac Community Resources for a day of cleanup at Riley's Lock along the C&O Canal. With over 600 hours of people-power we helped to clean and brighten our park which was flood and storm ravaged!       
   
• The Division of Solid Waste Services hosted two paper shredding/recycling and clothing/household goods donation events in Germantown and Wheaton. A total of 18,930 pounds of paper was shredded and recycled and almost two trucks were filled with donated materials that will be reused instead of being disposed as refuse.        
   
• Cleanup of the Mill Creek Stream: About 20 volunteers cleaned in the woods surrounding the stream also who collected about 20 bags of trash, several tires, metal poles and assorted rusty metal car parts.    
   
• GapBuster’s Leaders-In-Training had a “Cook-Out for the Homeless” in honor of Earth Day (April 24). Students collected trash from surrounding areas and learned about conserving energy!
   
• Volunteers participated in a watershed cleanup with the Little Falls Watershed Alliance and collected 35 bags of trash, 12 bags of recyclables, one man hole cover, one railroad tie, one big piece of stockade fencing, one partial shopping cart, one computer, one cash register and more!

Thank you to organizations for hosting projects:

Alice Ferguson Foundation, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Izaak Walton League of America, Brookside Gardens, C&O Canal Association, Calleva Inc., Cherrywood Homeowner's Association, City Of Gaithersburg, Claude Moore Colonial Farm At Turkey Run, Crossway Community, Inc, Exit Realty Plus, F.O.W.L. (Friends Of Whetstone Lake), Flower Valley Citizens' Association, Friends of Rock Creek's Environment (FORCE), Friends Of Sligo Creek, Gapbuster Learning Center, Inc., The Germantown Historical Society, Habitat for Humanity Of Montgomery County Maryland, Inc. and the ReStore, Izaak Walton League of America - National Headquarters, Kentlands Community Foundation (GO GREEN Group), KidzCare USA, Inc., Layhill Civic Association, Little Falls Watershed Alliance, Inc., Norbeck Meadows Civic Association, Old Takoma Business Association, Our House Job Training Center For Youth, Parks Department, MNCPPC, Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, Northwood High School, Neighbors of Northwest Branch, Recycling Volunteer Program, Rock View Elementary School PTA, Rockville Consortium for Science, The Izaak Walton League of America (National Headquarters), Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Customer Advisory Board