Patapsco Clean Up -Saturday October 11th - 9am-12pm

Please join us for our river cleanup along the Patapsco River in Ellicott City and Catonsville. Betsy McMillion and Teddy Betts are our stream captains. Volunteers will meet and sign in near the bridge that crosses the Patapsco River on the Baltimore County side, near the old Simkins Paper Mill parking lot along River Road (for those of you living in Howard County, Ilchester Road dead ends at the county line and turns into River Road). Signs will be posted to direct you to the registration table. Volunteers under 16 years old must be accompanied and supervised by an adult volunteer.
We recommend that you call the morning of the cleanup at 410-480-0824 to make sure that the cleanup has not been cancelled due to inclement weather or unsafe conditions along the river.
We will be cleaning up riverbanks on both Baltimore and Howard county sides of the river. We have permission for our volunteers to park in the Simkins Mill Parking lot, near the old train bridge.
We recommend our volunteers wear a hat, long pants and shirt, so any prickly underbrush or insects won't bother you! Chances are you may get wet, so you might want to wear appropriate clothes and waterproof shoes or boots. We also recommend everyone bring their own sunscreen and insect repellant.
Unfortunately, there are no nearby "public" restrooms available, so please plan accordingly.
Please bring your own work or garden gloves and a shovel if you can! Sometimes we find embedded items near the water that can only be removed with shovels. There are also lots of "floatable" items that have been washed down nearby storm drains off main highways, county roads and parking lots, which end up in our streams and rivers! We need all the help we can get! To get an idea of what happens during our cleanup events, please visit the website where we post photos of our volunteers in action at http://patapscofriend.myphotoalbum.com/. We will provide bottled water and some snacks for the thirsty and hungry. It's hard work picking up this trash!
For our high school and college students who need forms signed confirming community service hours, please bring your form, complete the appropriate sections and our stream captain will complete and sign the forms for you at the end of the event.
DIRECTIONS:
HOWARD COUNTY
From Montgomery Road (Route 103), turn onto Ilchester Road.
Travel approximately 2.5 miles.
Go under a train bridge, which crosses over the Patapsco River. Park in the parking lot on your left and look for the red jeep wrangler where registration will be held for our volunteers!
The closest address to our meeting location is Simkins Mill, 201 River Road, Catonsville, MD 21228 for those of you who use your GPS, or yahoo or mapquest for your directions! I will have a cell phone turned on from 8:30 am - 12 pm on the day of the event if you are lost or need to speak to the stream captain at 410-294-9267.
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BALTIMORE COUNTY
From Baltimore Beltway Route 695
Take Exit 13 (Frederick Road West) – Route 144
Travel approximately 2 miles on Frederick Road (Route 144)
Turn left onto Thistle Road (LANDMARK: you will see a big sign
To Dimitri's Restaurant on the corner where you turn)
Travel approximately one mile to the stop sign.
Turn left onto River Road and travel approximately 1/3 mile and park in the parking lot on your right and look for the red jeep wrangler where registration will be held for our volunteers!
The closest address to our meeting location is Simkins Mill, 201 River Road, Catonsville, MD 21228 for those of you who use your GPS, or yahoo or mapquest for your directions! I will have a cell phone turned on from 8:30 am - 12 pm on the day of the event if you are lost or need to speak to the stream captain at 410-294-9267.
Hope you can join us!
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