Rock River Sweep

🌊 𝙐𝙋𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙉𝙏! 🌊 𝙑𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙉𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙙! 🌊

🧹 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙍𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙! 🧹

🫵 Volunteers are needed on foot or in boats to clean up a nine-mile stretch of the Rock River, from Mud Creek Rd to the Castle Rock State Park boat landing. Boaters, fishermen, paddlers, river land owners, scout groups (accompanied by their guardians), service organizations, and individuals are requested to help protect and preserve this beautiful asset by helping to pick up trash as well as sort the recyclable items from the waste. Students can earn community service hours for participating.

🚣‍♀️ Request your canoe from White Pelican, Inc by scanning the QR code on the flyer. A limited number of canoes are available to use for the sweep. White Pelican will also provide free shuttle service from Cast Rock boat landing back to Kiwanis Park before the event for those with their own canoes/kayaks. Anyone interested in using a canoe or shuttle service is asked to contact White Pelican via the QR code on the flyer on this post for details and registration requirements.

𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙎𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨:
1. Headquarters - Kiwanis Park (123 N 2nd St, Oregon): For those using paddle craft or working along the shore on foot. Those on foot will walk or drive to areas accessible from shore.
2. Lowden State Park boat landing: (Route 2, North of Oregon): Motorized boats.
3. Castle Rock State Park boat landing (South of Oregon): Motorized boats.

Volunteers will be at the three sites to register and assign participants to a portion of the river. Gloves, trash bags, snacks and water jugs will be available for participants. Bring your own water bottle, wear long sleeves, pants and tennis shoes. Water jugs will be available for refilling.
Several drop-off sites for trash will be located along the cleanup route, where crews from the Oregon Park District and the Solid Waste Management Dept will pick it up and take it back to Kiwanis Park to be sorted for disposal or recycling. Butitta Automotive will recycle any waste tires collected from the river.

📍𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙚: September 6th, 2025
𝙍𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙚: September 13th, 2025 - if we need to postpone to the rain date you can expect communication through this channel.
𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚: 8:00am - 1:00pm

𝘽𝙞𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙨!!! 🙌
Ogle County Solid Waste Management Dept.
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Oregon Park District
Oregon Fire Protection District
Butitta Auto - Oregon
Northern IL Disposal

We hope to see you there! Let's Go Oregon!!

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