GLIN==> Help us kick off the Adopt-a-Beach season!

Alliance for the Great Lakes
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, March 17, 2011
 
Think Spring: Help us kick off the Adopt-a-Beach(tm) season!
 
Gear up to celebrate the coming beach season by taking part in our Adopt-a-Beach(tm) Spring Kickoff, April 20-May 4.
 
Each year the Alliance for the Great Lakes encourages new and returning Adopt-a-Beach(tm) teams to visit their favorite beach during our spring kickoff event. Contact your state coordinator now (see below) to schedule a date, select a beach and register.
 
Want to help out at a cleanup near you? Dozens of cleanups are scheduled around the region that are open to the public and looking for volunteers.
 
Adopt-a-Beach(tm) volunteers -- now numbering more than 10,000 in six Great Lakes states -- pick up trash, conduct water quality sampling and make science-based observations, and record their findings in a regional database.
 
During the 2010 beach season, our volunteers removed 31,295 pounds of trash from Great Lakes shorelines, translating to just over 3 pounds of trash per person. The cleanups were held at 292 locations in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.
 
In addition to picking up litter, Adopt-a-Beach(tm) teams and volunteers collect data about Great Lakes beaches by conducting water quality tests and making science-based beach observations, information then used to improve beach conditions on a site-by-site basis.
 
All new and returning Adopt-a-Beach(tm) team leaders are encouraged to attend an Adopt-a-Beach(tm) training before the spring kickoff. Adopters can choose to attend a session either in person or online.
 
Spring trainings for the returning and first-time beach adopter:

In person:  Adopt-a-Beach(tm) data collection forms and protocol are reviewed at each training session, and we also discuss any recent changes and answer questions you may have about the program. See a schedule of training dates organized by state and signup information.
 
Online: This year we're offering the opportunity to attend a web-based training. To receive an invitation to attend, RSVP to adoptabeach at greatlakes.org. 
 
Contact your Alliance for the Great Lakes Adopt-a-Beach(tm) state coordinator:
Illinois & Indiana: Frances Canonizado, fcanonizado at greatlakes.org
Michigan, Minnesota & New York: Jamie Cross, jcross at greatlakes.org
Ohio: April Mather, amather at greatlakes.org
Wisconsin: Todd Brennan,tbrennan at greatlakes.org
 
For more information, including links to training dates and locations and a listing of beach cleanups that are open to the public, see: 
http://www.greatlakes.org/Page.aspx?pid=1258
 
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Susan Campbell | Communications Manager | scampbell at greatlakes.org 
Alliance for the Great Lakes | www.greatlakes.org <http://www.greatlakes.org/>  
1845 N. Farwell, Ave., | Milwaukee, WI 53202 | 414.540.0699 
 
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