Trinity Trash Bash 2011

* 2011 Trinity Trash Bash * September 17th, 2011 * 8am to 11am *
At: Lewisville Residential Convenience Center (330 W. Jones- same location as the Spring Clean Up)

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See PDF Flyer HERE  

Lewisville citizens have asked, and now Keep Lewisville Beautiful is hosting it's second annual Trinity Trash Bash on September 17th, 2011!

We have many volunteer opportunities available, including: creek clean ups, lake shoreline clean ups, kayak clean ups (ages 13+ only with parental permission), lake clean ups, canal clean ups, stream clean ups, and more. Please note that anyone under the age of 13 is restricted to shoreline clean up only.

IMPORTANT 2011 UPDATE:
Keep Lewisville Beautiful would like to thank both KTB and The Texas Waterway Clean Up Program for all of their generosity in past events. Due to budget cuts by TCEQ, KLB’s normal sponsors of the Trinity Trash Bash will not be contributing to this year’s event.

Due to these cuts, we would like to ask YOU for YOUR help in making this year’s event just as great as ever.

KLB is currently looking for sponsors for this waterway clean up event. Sponsorship levels vary and go towards providing valuable supplies for our volunteers to go out and clean designated areas across the city. These supplies include litter grabbers, trash bags, safety vests, gloves, water, and more.
If you would like to become a sponsor of this event, please contact our office by calling 972-538-5949 or email us at info@keeplewisvillebeautiful.org. You can also donate online through our Paypal button, below.

Trinity River Video Contest information:

T.R.E.E.S. kicked off their new and exciting Trinity River Video Contest on July 13th.  The contest aims to motivate area citizens to create one-minute videos highlighting the problem of littering and illegal dumping that pollute the Trinity and suggesting ways to reduce the problem.  The winner will receive $1,500, exposure on WFAA-TV, a showing at the Dallas International Film Festival...and more!  This project was funded by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality through the North Central Texas Council of Governments with support from the City of Haltom City, the City of Grand Prairie, TREES, WFAA and many others!

KLB is one of 30 regional affiliates that works with T.R.E.E.S. (Trinity River Environmental Education Society) to help promote the Trinity Trash Bash and clean waterways in Texas. For more info about this great organization or to see what is going on in your community, check out their website http://www.trinitytrashbash.com/

Check out this great media link from Good Morning America's segment about the video contest, with T.R.E.E.S.
http://www.wfaa.com/good-morning-texas/Trinity-River-Environmental-Education-Society--125485268.html

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Hoping to raise awareness and appreciation of the Trinity River, Lewisville Lake, their respective shorelines, and 16 local creeks that feed into these waterways, Keep Lewisville Beautiful (KLB) is hosting a Trinity Trash Bash Celebration to clean our waterways!

Both the Trinity River and Lewisville Lake play an enormous role in supplying water to many Texans. The Trinity River is 715 miles long—its collection basin covers 17 counties, 17,965 square miles and is the primary water source for over 6 million Texans in the upper basin and 5 million Texans in the gulf coast region. That’s over half of the states population! The Trinity River and its water basin also accounts for nearly 6% of our State’s landmass. Lake Lewisville is part of the Elm Fork of the Trinity River and is comprised of over 233 miles of shoreline and 9,000 protected acres of nature. In addition to providing drinking water to Denton and Dallas County communities, Lake Lewisville is also a recreational area with a multitude of activities available, such as fishing, water sports, boating, biking, and miles of scenic hiking trails. It has even been named the official "Urban Bass Fishing Capital of Texas”.

With the importance of Lake Lewisville and the Trinity River’s basins in mind, KLB–as part of a regional effort with 19 other organizations and T.R.E.E.S.—will be conducting a huge event to help clean up our beloved shorelines and tributaries. From 8am to 11am on September 17th, hundreds of volunteers will combine their efforts to help clean up waterways across the city. At our 2010 Trinity Trash Bash, our volunteers spent 69 hours picking up over 1,800 pounds of trash from Lewisville waterways- we hope to pick up even more this year!

KLB will be supplying participants with cleaning supplies, waterway education, free t-shirts, and goody bags as well as door prizes to show our appreciation for all of our volunteers who participate.

Being a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization we can’t always afford the cost of this event and/or prizes and goody bag stuffers for our volunteers who work so hard to keep our community clean. This is where we ask for your help.

We are in need of donations to our event. Any donations would be appreciated. All donors will be listed on event signage, in addition to being thanked at the Trinity Trash Bash to our volunteer audience of 200-400 people. Businesses will also be listed on this Trinity Trash Bash webpage leading up to the event. This would be a great opportunity to promote your business to a new audience, and to show your community that you care about the health of Lewisville waterways and shorelines.

Any donations can be mailed to:
Keep Lewisville Beautiful
101 W. Main Street
Suite 102
Lewisville, Tx 75057

To sign your team up for the event, please contact our office at 972-538-5949 or to send an e-mail to info@keeplewisvillebeautiful.org .

2010 Trinity Trash Bash volunteer photos:
   
    
  

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