Renew Our Rivers Volunteers To Clean Valley Creek March 16

BIRMINGHAM, AL - Alabama Power announced that the annual Valley Creek cleanup is set for Saturday, March 16. The cleanups are part of the Renew Our Rivers initiative.

Volunteers should report at 8:30 a.m. to one of four collection sites around Jefferson County. Volunteers should wear comfortable clothes and closed-toe shoes. Minors must have a chaperone. The cleanups will end at noon and lunch will be provided at each location.

These cleanups are a partnership of the Jefferson County Department of Health Watershed Protection Program, the Storm Water Management Authority Inc., Birmingham Stormwater Program, Bessemer Stormwater Program, Freshwater Land Trust, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Reserves, Alabama Power Renew Our Rivers, Jefferson County and the cities of Birmingham, Midfield, Lipscomb, Pleasant Grove, Hueytown, Brighton and Bessemer.

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Volunteers for Renew Our Rivers, one of the Southeast’s largest river cleanup campaigns, have collected more than 15.5 million pounds of trash and debris since the program’s inception in 2000. This year, 30 cleanups are planned through November on the Alabama, Black Warrior, Cahaba, Chattahoochee, Coosa, Mobile and Tallapoosa rivers.

For additional information, visit www.jcdh.org and search “Valley Creek Cleanup” or call Freddie Freeman at 205-424-4060, ext. 4188.