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24th Annual Beach Sweep Presented by Toyota
will be held
Saturday, September 21, 2013

Email joann@saveourlake.org to volunteer

On Saturday, September 21, 2013, volunteers for the 24th Annual Beach Sweep Presented by Toyota will help clean the areas that drain into the Pontchartrain Basin. To prevent it from washing into waterways, trash will be removed from lakefronts, bayous, canals and streets.

When Louisiana’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) designated the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation (LPBF) 24 years ago as Zone Coordinator for the areas surrounding Lake Pontchartrain in Orleans, Jefferson, St. Tammany, and St. Bernard Parishes, the Beach Sweep clean up was born.

The Annual Beach Sweep to clean up the Pontchartrain Basin is held on the third Saturday in September in conjunction with the International Coastal Cleanup sponsored by Ocean Conservancy. The event is from 9:00 am -12:00 noon and is followed by a picnic for registered participants.

Sign Up to Clean Up!

Businesses, school groups, scout groups, church organizations, and individuals are encouraged to participate in the annual event.
 
We offer several different levels of participation:

• Sponsor:  There are 4 levels of financial sponsorship.  For more information on how you or your company can become a sponsor,contact Angela at angelap@saveourlake.org
• Partner:  Oversee a neighborhood or community area and host one of the thank-you picnics. Bringing people together for a celebration picnic after the sweep helps foster stewardship in keeping the lake clean.
• Zone Captain:  Attend a planning meeting. Bring a group of 3 or more to participate the day of Beach Sweep.  Captains are also responsible for filling in the summary data cards to record the collected items that are listed on individual data cards.
• Volunteer: Call the office at (504) 836-2238 anytime after August 1st to register. Then join us on Saturday, September 15th to help collect trash and fill in the data cards.

This event is a wonderful opportunity to help preserve the quality of life in our Basin. Groups that wish to volunteer should elect a contact person for your group. They will serve as Zone Captain. Your Zone Captain will contact the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation to register your group and attend a meeting where LPBF will assign the zone to be cleaned and provide trash bags and data sheets to record the trash that has been picked up. On the day of Beach Sweep, the zone captains are responsible for organizing their group to bring rakes, shovels, gloves, etc. to their clean-up sites and handle any refreshments for their groups while cleaning their zones.

For more information or to sign up to volunteer for our 2013 sweep, please contact JoAnn at (504) 836-2238 or joann@saveourlake.org.

Sponsorship

While helping to Save Our Lake & Coast is the greatest reason to sponsor an LPBF event, there are many other benefits—including having your name placed on promotional materials and signage, recognition in our newsletters and Annual Report, tickets to special events, and more.

Sponsors receive several benefits, including recognition at the Beach Sweep Picnic held after the sweep. For details on 2013 sponsorships, please contact Angela at (504) 836-7117 or angelap@saveourlake.org.

Take a look at our 2012 Sponsors & Volunteers.

Need More Information?

For more information on this event or others, please contact JoAnn at (504) 836-2238 or joann@saveourlake.org.

Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Contributions to LPBF are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.