GROC Genesee Regional Off-Road Cyclists

The 1st annual Pick Up the Parks Project was a great success due to the great planning committee and the tremendous turnout of volunteers.  We had about 250 volunteers overall between the 4 park sites.  Thank you all for your donation of time, energy, and care for your Monroe County Parks.  They're one of our best "quality of life" resources in our area, and we sincerely appreciate you becoming stewards of the parks.  We'll be sure to let you know about future events of this nature.

Thanks to the Monroe County Department of Environmental Services, as well as the individual Park Supervisors for their management of the trash.

Thanks to Genesee Regional Off-Road Cycling club (GROC), Genesee Valley Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK), The Rochester Regional Group of the Sierra Club, and the GeoRoc Geocaching club for being our site hosts for the day. 

Thanks also to the Water Education Collaborative (WEC), Imagine It Fundraising through Recycling, International Coastal Cleanup, Girl Scouts of Genesee Valley, and the Wilson Outdoor Club for their assistance putting this event on as well.

Thanks to Wegmans for their donation towards refreshments, and to GROC for providing refreshments for Ellison Park volunteers.

And finally, thanks to the 250 volunteers that picked up 3,000 pounds of trash, and tabulated about 600+ human-hours!

12 pounds of trash per person.

750 pounds of trash per park.

That's about the same weight as an average car.

The list of items discovered included (*Top 5 items are in bold) 

Backpacks, Bottle tops, Boxboard, Buckets (metal, plastic), Cabinets, Corrugated Cardboard,*Cigarette butts, Clothing, Couch cushions, Decorations, *Food containers & packaging, Glass bottles & containers, Hubcaps, Lumber (pieces), Metal (scrap), Metal containers (steel, aluminum, other), *Paper, Paper plates, Paint cans, Plant pots, *Plastic bags, *Plastic bottles & containers, Shoes ,Straw wrappers, Styrofoam, Tires, Toilet seats, Wire, Wrappers

Thank you again for your donation of volunteer hours.  The Parks are better off because of you.

Ryan

Ryan Loysen
Recreation & Environmental Education Coordinator
Monroe County Parks Department
171 Reservoir Avenue
Rochester, NY 14620
585-753-7281 phone
585-753-7284 fax
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