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Kentucky Nonprofits & Water Videos Available Online In January


NONPROFITS & WATER SERIES NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE!

Kentucky Riverkeeper acts as the voice and face of the river, sponsoring educational forums with a variety of constituents among schools, communities, and political leaders and developing strategies to identify and draw attention to pollution along the Kentucky River.

River Sweep is a volunteer shoreline cleanup of the Ohio River. During a single day in 2013, 18,000 people volunteered and removed approximately 7,000 tons of trash and debris along more than 3,000 miles of shoreline (from Pennsylvania to Illinois) along the Ohio, Allegheny, Monongahela, Beaver and Kentucky Rivers were cleaned.

The River Discovery Center is a private, non-profit, educational institution whose primary mission is to stimulate an interest in and teach the public about the importance of America’s rivers to the development of the nation, and in particular upon the Four Rivers Region.

Bluegrass Greensource has fostered recycling and water quality initiatives in more than 300 businesses, over 70 schools and more than 50 apartment complexes in Lexington. It has continually pursued its mission by providing outreach programs that focus on household hazardous waste, rain barrels, environmentally-friendly lawn care, waste reduction, rain gardens, energy efficiency and more,

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Life Without Water Part 1: KETKY MON, 12/01 @ 9:30a

Our ninth episode, “What Would It Be Like Without Water”, Part One, will feature segments on Bluegrass Greensource’s Conservation programs; and we’ll also be visiting clean-up efforts along the Ohio River in Rabbit Hash, KY organized by ORSANCO and their annual River Sweep program.

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RIVER SWEEP

RiverSweep-logoThe Foundation for Ohio River Education (FORE) teaches people of all ages in the Ohio River Basin to become environmental stewards through hands-on programs that get people on the water and engaged in preserving the cultural, ecological, and economic value of our rivers.

Litter is collected along the shores of the Ohio River coming from various sources including the streets of the surrounding towns, sewers, recreationists and storm water. River Sweep is a volunteer shoreline cleanup of the Ohio River. During a single day in 2013, 18,000 people volunteered and removed approximately 7,000 tons of trash and debris along more than 3,000 miles of shoreline (from Pennsylvania to Illinois) along the Ohio, Allegheny, Monongahela, Beaver and Kentucky Rivers were cleaned.

 

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Since 1989, this event has been organized by ORSANCO and jointly sponsored by the environmental agencies in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois. If River Sweep did not exist, most of the collected trash would continue along the Ohio River, one day reaching the ocean and ultimately interfere with the normal biological processes of the Ohio River. 

More information and contact info for River Sweep:  http://www.orsanco.org/river-sweep

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Give Into The Groove + River Sweep = GOOD KARMA

GIVE INTO THE GROOVE SATURDAY JUNE 21st!

Saturday June 21st @ 6pm our cameras will be rolling at GIVE INTO THE GROOVE 2014. We’ll be documenting a special “Behind The Scenes” look at the event and showcasing the importance of music in community fundraising and what would happen WITHOUT. Here’s the coolest of cool parts– YOU ARE ALL INVITED! More details here:

“Give Into The Groove  is a feel-good benefit featuring live & electronic music, multimedia art & fashion. With the purpose of drawing attention to community needs & unleashing artists of all ages, Give Into The Groove’s mission is to raise awareness for local organizations and charities and encourage people of all ages to get involved in philanthropy.

Because we believe in year round all ages affordable philanthropy, we sponsor other events and community projects year round to get the party started!
And it all culminates at WHITAKER BANK BALLPARK this year!!!!”

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VOLUNTEER: RIVER SWEEP 2014- Sat. June 21st

vote for a water nonprofitRIVER SWEEP kNOwMORE will be featuring a story on the unbelievable River Sweep project. Our cameras will be at locations in Northern Kentucky Saturday June 21st capturing what makes this project so critical and what would happen WITHOUT.

Since 1989, this award-winning cleanup for the Ohio River and its fnutributaries brings thousands of volunteers to the riverbanks to collect tons of trash and debris.

River Sweep encompasses the entire length of the river, from its origin in Pittsburgh, PA to its end in Cairo, IL, including nearly 3,000 miles of shoreline and its many tributaries.

More than 18,000 volunteers from public organizations, civic groups, recreational clubs, and the general public in six states bordering the river come together to collect more than 7,000 tons of trash and other debris from the banks of the Ohio River and tributaries.

River Sweep is an event organized by the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission, an interstate water pollution agency for the Ohio River Valley, along with environmental protection and natural resource agencies from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. VOLUNTEER FOR IT!

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