Sweep the Hooch
Sweep the Hooch, April 6th Back for the 9th year, Sweep the Hooch is an annual day of service to the Chattahoochee River watershed, mobilizing volunteers on foot, in waders, or kayak/canoe paddlers to remove trash at locations throughout the watershed. Sweep...Hyde Farm Privet Pull – Nov 17
Volunteers from Hyde Farm Friends, CRNRA and Cobb County staff cut invasive privet and piled the giant branches for Cobb County to dispose of. Hyde Farm was one of the last working farms in the metro-Atlanta area. The last member of the Hyde family farmed the land...Rivers Alive Waterway Clean Up at Paces Mill – Nov 3, 2018
Seventy-seven volunteers collected 1.5 tons of trash at Paces Mill. Keep Smyrna Beautiful partnered with Keep Marietta Beautiful and the National Park Service for Rivers Alive on November 3. Volunteers pulled trash, plastic, tires, and a deflated float from the...Gardening Day at Island Ford – Nov 7, 2018
Huge clumps of rattlesnake master, native to the Southeast, were moved to new locations at the main entrance to Island Ford. Beech Hollow Wildflower Farm supplied 150 additional, native, pollinator plants and advised volunteers who beautified the entrance with asters,...Kings of Distinction Pick Up Trash at Paces Mill May 30
Thirty
nine young men picked up trash at Paces Mill. One group headed up the
Rottenwood Creek Trail. The other group cleaned the parking lots, and
picnic area. The students shoveled mounds of discarded ashes
surrounding the grills into trash bags leaving the picnic area ready
for the summer season.
The
high school students are members of the Kings of Distinction
Mentoring Program at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School,
St. Louis. The group is visiting Atlanta historical sites, meeting
with community leaders and mentoring groups, and touring colleges.
Paces Mill was chosen as their community service project.