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Volunteers from UToledo have joined the annual Clean Your Streams day initiative the past two decades. In 2024, UToledo\u2019s 33 volunteers removed 700 pounds of debris.<\/p><\/div>\n
This year\u2019s event is scheduled for 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, and organizers are again asking members of the campus community to pitch in.<\/p>\n
\u201cUniversity of Toledo has such an amazing reputation for all the work our scientists have done to address water quality issues. This event is a chance for the rest of us to do our part,\u201d said Tim Niederkorn, assistant director of environmental health and radiation safety at UToledo and a longtime event volunteer. \u201cIt\u2019s a really good way for people to give back to the community and to make a positive impact on our environment.\u201d<\/p>\n
UToledo will host one of seven kickoff events for this year\u2019s initiative, with volunteers meeting at the Law Center patio at 8 a.m. before heading to cleanup sites at North Expressway Drive and the area surrounding the Byrne Road Bridge near Health Science Campus.<\/p>\n
Registration is required and can be done online through the Partners for Clean Streams website<\/a>. Individuals do not need to be affiliated with the University to join. However, they do need to be at least 18 years old.<\/p>\n Parking is available in Area 12W, and transportation will be provided to and from the cleanup sites.<\/p>\n Volunteers will return to campus by noon \u2014 leaving plenty of time to tailgate ahead of the Rockets\u2019 3:30 p.m. Homecoming matchup against Akron.<\/p>\n Clean Your Streams day was first held in 1997, and UToledo has hosted a cleanup crew annually since 2004. Last year, UToledo\u2019s 33 volunteers removed 700 pounds of debris.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve really valued the partnership of the campus, the study body and the University,\u201d said Jesse Stock, executive director of Partners for Clean Streams. \u201cOne of the biggest takeaways from this event is that it\u2019s not just about the debris, but the level of engagement we see from the community. It\u2019s something that gives our organization hope for the environment going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n Following the cleanup, all volunteers are invited to the Lucas County Fairgrounds for a picnic with free food, door prizes and community partner outreach tables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Members of the campus community are encouraged to join the annual waterway cleanup from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":876,"featured_media":94462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,5,1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94461"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/876"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94461"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94464,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94461\/revisions\/94464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Several](\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Clean-Your-Streams-2024-150x150.jpeg\")
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