of Black Hawk and Bremer Counties, Iowa.
updated on April 15, 2002
The Cedar River Festival was formed in 1988
to clean up the waterways and land in the
Bremer / Black Hawk Co. area. Its purpose
is to increase awareness of our resources, build concern for water quality,
and to show the volunteers appreciation for their work. Since 1988, hundreds
of volunteers have removed more than 80 TONS of garbage and contaminates.
Even though it is a grass-roots organization, it has won the attention
and admiration of local citizens, government officials, Midwest Living
magazine and soon on Iowa Public Broadcasting (IPTV)!
In order to facilitate this we are once again putting forth a competition for to see who can provide the most volunteer help, and bring in the most trash by awarding our traveling trophy that is awarded to the group that achieves this feat. There shall be a winner chosen in both the group/ company and individual team categories, as well as a special award for the most unique trash collected. By doing this we hope to make an already rewarding event even more fun, with the end result of making our Cedar River basin a better and safer place to live and enjoy. We commemorate the Brown Bottle restaurant of Cedar Falls for winning our first year's challenge, and now wish to congratulate the staff and management of PetCo for being last year's ultimate go-getters. Will your group be the one to step up to the plate next?
This year we are planning
on meeting at 8:30 a.m. in Black Hawk Park on the
North side of Cedar Falls. The bus will then take volunteers to the canoe
loading spot. However, as there are a limited amount
of canoes available, we can only provide to those who call and request
them first, unless we have enough advance warning to acquire more. So please
make your requests as soon as possible, or provide your own.
We have also joined in
an coordinated effort with the Black Hawk County Conservation Department
to hit a number of areas that may fall in your own neighborhood that do
not involve the need of a canoe. There are some areas near the water that
are in desperate need and could be cleaned up by smaller individual
groups with just a morning effort. As with the main river cleanup, we'll
supply the means to remove the trash and all we need from you is
the effort. These Cedar River areas and the times to meet us include the
West Fork Access 9 -10 a.m., Thunder Woman Park 10 -11, Washington Union
Access 11- 12 , (Noon lunch with canoers) Falls Access & Beaver
Creek Access 1 - 2, and Cornielius Access 2 - 3. Volunteers for this effort
are to meet at 8:30 a.m. at Black Hawk Park as well, and car pooling will
be used to hit our target areas.
Then, July 14, the Sunday
following the cleanup, we shall hold our annual Cedar River Arts and Music
festival from 12-8 , at Cedar River Park in Waterloo. We welcome all
of you to come on out and celebrate our combined efforts to improve our
river resources, by enjoying a day of live music. There will also be all
the information and art & craft booths, and plenty of activities for
the kids.
If your organization, business, family, or you as an individual
would like to sponsor or participate in the annual cleanup effort, would
desire to have a booth to promote your environmental efforts and display
your wares, or would like further information on our organization and it's
efforts - please feel free to contact us at Cedar River Festival Inc. Box
62, Cedar Falls Iowa 50613, or call Doc Grauberger at 291-4324 ex.3431
(e-mail: serfboard@hotmail.com) , or Fred Lembke at 291-2705 Ex. 260.
We look forward to hearing from you. You may also email the address
in the links section.
Looking for garbage from trucks.
For
pictures of the clean up, click here.
Email the Cedar River Festival here.
P.O. Box 62 Cedar Falls, IA. 50613 / call 319-266-2915 or 319-235-7216
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For a map to Waterloo and city locations, click here.
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