Sunday, April 8, 2012

Mt. Vernon & Lee Potomac Cleanups This Weekend

The Friends of Little Hunting Creek have organized numerous cleanups next weekend as part of the 24th Annual Alice Ferguson Foundation Potomac Cleanup.

Please volunteer at one of these sites in our community. 

Delegate Scott Surovell at Upper Little Hunting Creek At Huntley Meadows & Sequoyah Apts
Time: Noon to 4 p.m.
Contact: Delegate Scott Surovell delssurovell@house.virginia.gov or Megan Howard at 703 850-8618
CLICK HERE TO RSVP
7950 Seven Woods Drive
Alexandria, VA 22306
This site upstream of the Janna Lee Ave. bridge also needs your help. Travel south on Route 1 from Alexandria and turn right onto Buckman Road, turn R on Seven Woods Drive, take the 2nd right after Laramie Place and turn into a parking lot that includes a playground. (If you reach Silverada Place, you have gone too far.)

Gum Springs Community Cleanup
Time: 9 a.m. to noon
Contact: Bryan Birch, 571-201-2802.
Meet at Shaw Park Court (Go South on Route 1, make a U-Turn at Mount Vernon Highway/Buckman Rd, turn R on Napper Rd, R on Shaw Park Court and park at the end.

Stratford-on-the-Potomac
Time: 9 a.m. to noon
Contact: Karl Egloff, 571-214-2773
Take the Mount Vernon Pkway S from Alexandria, turn right at Stratford Lane (1 mile north of Mount Vernon), L at Captains Row, to 9000 Captains Row. 

Help the Girl Scouts at Janna Lee's Creekside Village
Time: 9 a.m. to noon
Contact: Kathy Lehner, kathy.lehner@gmail.com
Come help the Creekside Village Girl Scouts clean up this trash hotspot! From Route 1 (at the intersection with Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy), turn west onto Buckman Rd, R on Janna Lee Ave., to the bridge over Little Hunting Creek (just before the Creekside Village Apts). 

Paddle at Stratford Landing
Time: 1 to 4 p.m.
Contact: Celia Boertlein at cboertlein@aol.com or Paul Siegel at 703-346-9141.
Bring your canoe or kayak, life vest, and paddle, and meet at the canoe launch at 8706 Stockton Parkway (across from 8707). At this site volunteers will retrieve trash from the water. Experienced paddlers only; any children must be accompanied by an adult. 

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