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CLEAN-UP DAY CAPE
CORAL
March 30,
2008
Hello,
Thanks for your interest in Cape Coral’s First
Annual Canal Clean-Up Day! I just want to share some more details with you
and get you a copy of the flier – feel free to distribute it. (Actually,
please distribute it!) I just emailed Connie Barron, our City
spokesperson, a press release; so an initial announcement should be showing up
in the media soon.
Pertinent information:
-It’s from 8-noon at the Yacht Club.
People can show up at the yacht club OR clean up their canals and bring us the
trash (a few people have already told me they’re getting neighbors involved to
do this). I’ve attached a chart of the area around the yacht club and
will hand this out so people have some idea of nearby canals.
-The $5 trailer parking fee will be waived for
our volunteers.
-If we get a group of people with no boats,
we’ll split them up between the yacht club itself, Four Freedoms, and possibly
Jaycee and/or Saratoga Parks - there’s plenty of waterfront property
with litter.
-We’re working on what lunch will be…
hopefully sandwiches or pizza; refreshments will be provided as well
-We’re also working on t-shirts to hand out
that day.
-Potential volunteers are encouraged to call and
let me know they’re interested – especially if they’re part of a group!
This is the first time we’ve held this event; I want to make sure to plan for
enough food.
-Rumor has it the Mayor is planning to make an
appearance.
We are looking for additional sponsors, so if you
have any connections, please don’t be shy. We’ll put sponsors on all
promotional materials and on the back of the t-shirts. Keep Lee County
Beautiful, our partner in planning this, is a non-profit organization.
Also, there’s a separate Great American Cleanup
event in the NW Cape on April 19th – the contact for that is David Scott,
283-9251.
Please let me know if you have any questions or
suggestions. Thanks again for your interest and for the talking-it-up
you’ve already been doing – word has already spread quite a bit, and this
will be an exciting event!
Kim
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Kim Cressman
Environmental Biologist
Environmental Resources Division
City of Cape Coral
P.O. Box 150027
Cape Coral, FL 33915
239-574-0785 x2942
kcressman@capecoral.net
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