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plan ahead for ‘Spring Cleaning’ E Canal Clean Sweep to celebrate Earth Day and the Erie Canal Bicentennial
Finder Map or by selecting the event on the online volunteer registration form. PTNY will provide up-todate event information, including posting all event details to the Event Finder Map on the Clean Sweep page and assisting potential volunteers in finding the event that is most convenient for them. It will also promote each event with statewide press releases and by providing a template to tailor to local media. Organizing groups will receive free Canal Clean Sweep T-shirts, trash bags and disposal of collected and bagged trash. New registration tools
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Pictured above and at left are members of cleanup crews from past Clean Sweep events. Registration is now open for the 2017 Canal Clean Sweep, set to be held Friday through Sunday, April 21-23, Earth Day Weekend. The Canal Clean Sweep also marks the Erie Canal Bicentennial.
PTNY’s updated online registration system automatically
alerts event organizers of new volunteer registrations (for
events open to public participation). For moreinformation on coordinating an event in your community, contact James Meerdink at canalsweep@ptny. org or (518) 434-1583.
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vent registration is now open for the 2017 Canal Clean Sweep. The NYS Canal Corporation and Parks & Trails New York once again requests Central New Yorkers’ participation in Canal Clean Sweep, the annual “spring cleaning” for New York’s Canal and Canalway Trail system. For the past 11 years, participation from supporters like has allowed Canal Clean Sweep to make a great impact for this treasured community resource. This year’s event will take place Friday-Sunday, April 21-23, Earth Day weekend. Besides being a great way to celebrate Earth Day, Clean Sweep will help kick-off the 193rd consecutive navigation season on the New York State Canal System, and the first year of the Erie Canal Bicentennial celebration. PTNY is asking organizers to register their events now so that the organization can post them to its Event Finder Map in order for volunteer recruitment to commence. Some cleanup event organizers may already have a group of volunteers in mind, but by posting the event a whole new set of volunteers will know about Canal Clean Sweep. If the event will be open to the public, interested volunteers will be able to join directly through the Event
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