Help Clean Up Wissahickon Valley Park This Weekend

PHILADELPHIA — Nature lovers and Wissahickon Valley Park goers are invited to participate in a cleanup event this weekend.

Friends of the Wissahickon (FOW) and Wissahickon Trails are once again joining forces for the 50th anniversary of Wissahickon Trails' Annual Wissahickon Creek Clean Up.

The cleanup will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday throughout the Wissahickon Watershed.

Volunteers will clear trash and debris and can register as individuals or sign up for a cleanup site with your whole "quaranteam."

Cleanup sites will be limited to 10 volunteers, with everyone required to wear masks and keep at least 6 feet of distance from other volunteers not in your household group.

Volunteers also must pre-register for a site and sign the volunteer agreement and release before you are allowed to join the event. Sign up here.

"Though the pandemic forced the postponement of this long-standing event in the spring, the rescheduled Creek Clean Up is a great way to show hands-on support for the health of the 64-mile Wissahickon Watershed, which contributes to clean drinking water for a third of Philadelphians as it flows downhill to the Wissahickon Creek," Friends of Wissahickon said. "Therefore, conserving the land in and keeping trash out of this vital watershed ultimately protects this critical source of clean drinking water."