Saturday, May 4, 2024
Cleanup Countdown:
Event Details
Northeast Wisconsin’s largest volunteer trash cleanup is happening Saturday, May 4, 2024. Join over 1,600 volunteers as we clean up over 65 public sites in our watershed. We anticipate removing over 7,000 pounds of trash.
Volunteer at your site
9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Volunteers report directly to the cleanup site they registered for. Site Leaders will meet you at the site to hand out t-shirts and supplies, and to give you any special instructions.
Celebration picnic
Noon – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch, music, bounce houses, face painters, raffles, and more wait for all Cleanup volunteers taking place at PIERCE PARK 1035 W Prospect, Appleton, WI 54914.
(Note the new location this year, due to construction at Telulah Park)
What is a Watershed?
A watershed is the entire area – land and waterways – that drain to a common source. The Fox-Wolf Watershed includes the geography that drains into the Wolf River, the Upper Fox River, the Winnebago pool lakes, and the Lower Fox River. This water all ends up in the bay of Green Bay, which flows into Lake Michigan and eventually out the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
Our watershed stretches from Crandon to Fond du Lac and from Portage to Green Bay. We can’t cover every park in our region, but working together, we can do a lot! Our annual cleanup aims to build a sense of community and increase understanding of the environmental stewardship necessary to improve water quality in our region.
What do volunteers do?
Volunteers start the morning at their assigned sites to clean up garbage and debris. You will be supplied with gloves, trash grabbers, bags, and everything else you need.
Then, at noon, volunteers are invited to join us for the annual Cleanup Picnic to enjoy lunch, music, bounce houses, raffles, and games. It’s fun for the whole family!
There are 65+ cleanup sites located along the Fox River, the Wolf River, Lake Butte des Morts, Lake Winnebago, Lake Winneconne, the East River, the bay of Green Bay, and more throughout the Fox-Wolf River Basin.
