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Splash for Trash: International Cleanup Day 20 September 2008

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Volunteer to help make clean waters a reality and join the biggest underwater cleanup of its kind.

Project AWARE is calling all divers, snorkelers and water enthusiast to make their data count and help reverse debris trends this September.

How You Can Get Involved:

1. Volunteer
Underwater Volunteers - View the online list of global cleanup locations to find an event near you.

2. Organize a Clean Up
Cleanup Organizers – Sign Up to organize a beach or underwater cleanup in your community. Project AWARE provides promotional tools and support for your event. Is your cleanup reef-related? Make it count for International Year of the Reef 2008 by simply indicating when you sign up. You'll receive extra exposure for your event and support reef conservation during this vital intiative.


3. Be an AWARE Diver
Divers and Water Enthusiasts– Marine debris issues will only be solved by making a year-round effort. Be an AWARE Diver by setting a good example. Retrieve underwater rubbish, secure your gear and keep your distance from reefs and other fragile environments and underwater life.


About International Cleanup Day
Project AWARE Foundation spearheads global underwater cleanups during International Cleanup Day and year round. This annual volunteer event addresses the devastating impact of marine debris on the aquatic environment.

Project AWARE empowers dive centers and individuals to clean the world’s oceans, lakes, rivers and shorelines. Vvolunteers take part in practical cleanup solutions and collect data which is vital for change.

International Cleanup Day is held annually on the 3rd Saturday in September but cleanup and data collection activities are supported by Project AWARE, partners and volunteers on an ongoing basis.

In 2007 a total of 358,617 recorded volunteers helped Project AWARE clean 34,560 miles of shoreline and remove seven million pounds of rubbish.

For a free CD ROM on how to organize a cleanup up send your mailing address to: information@projectaware.org.

International Cleanup Day
 
Have to see if I can get something organized for the Shark River in NJ that day.
 
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