You supply the muscle, we supply the bags
See How!

It's Easy to Participate

• Get a Group Together
• Pick a Site
  Scout around for a safe, accessible location that you'd like to see improved. Be sure to get the landowner's permission if the site is on private property.
• Register
  At any Rochester area Friendly's® Restaurant between March 20 and April 24 to receive free clean-up bags for your clean up while supplies last. You can also register online if you don't need clean-up bags
• Arrange for trash pick-up
• Submit the report form
  We'll send you coupons for a complimentary happy ending® sundae from friendly's® for each Volunteer.

To Find Out More: Click links below to Scroll Down

What's it all about?
WHEN is it?
Where should we clean up?
HOW DO WE SIGN UP?
WHAT YOU NEED for your cleanup:
What should we do with the trash after the cleanup?
To get your coupons for a free Sundae
How will this protect our waterways?

What's it all about?

Volunteer to organize a rewarding project that will serve your community and the environment! It just takes a few hours of your time to help clean up a location of your choice, in your neighborhood. Additional information for planning and carrying out your cleanup is provided in the program brochure.

WHEN is it?

• Groups may choose a date for their cleanup anytime before May 23.
• Register and pick up free clean-up bags for your clean-up at Rochester area Friendly's Restaurants from March 20 - April 24.

Where should we clean up?

There is (unfortunately) not usually a shortage of areas nearby that need your help. Scout around for a location that you'd like to see improved. These areas may be stream banks, a lakeside beach, an abandoned lot with overgrown weeds, a littered park or recreational area, or a trashed roadway. When selecting a site, keep in mind accessibility, rest rooms, and the presence of poison ivy.

• If on private land, you will need to get the owner's permission.
• If on public land, make your intensions known to the town or state agency responsible for the property.

HOW DO WE SIGN UP?

• You can register at Rochester area Friendly's® Restaurants between March 20 and April 24. You can also print out the form, to fill out and bring to your nearest Rochester area Friendly's® during that time frame.
• If you don't need clean-up bags, you can register online here.
• When you give the completed form to the Friendly's® at the front counter, you will receive free garbage bags for your clean up.
• Need help finding a Friendly's®? Click on the locations below for maps.

Rochester	Brockport
2717 Monroe Avenue	6555 Fourth Section Road
50 Spencerport Road
3935 Dewey Avenue	Fairport
3081 W. Ridge Road	1292 Fairport Road
2425 W. Henrietta Road
Marketplace Mall	Webster
Greece Ridge Mall	1206 Ridge Road
	Geneva
	287 Hamilton St

WHAT YOU NEED for your cleanup:

• Cleanup report form (see link below)
• First aid kit
• Orange cones at any trash collection site along a road.
• Life jackets for very young volunteers if you're working near water.
• Camera and film
• Work gloves
• Trash bags (available from Rochester area Friendlys® locations when you sign up there.)
• Rakes, shovels and/or pitchforks
• If you are near water, waders, high rubber boots, old shoes or sneakers
• Insect/tick repellent
• Refreshments

What should we do with the trash after the cleanup?

Dumpsters will be available at Rochester area Friendly's® parking lots, thanks to our Friendly's® supporters. Often you can enlist the town's support for trash pickup.

We encourage you to recycle items that can be recycled. For a list of recyclable materials, see http://www.monroecounty.gov/des-residentialrecycling.php

To get your coupons for a free Sundae

Clean-up Report Form

Mail in the completed report form to:

Delta Laboratories
410 White Spruce Blvd.
Rochester, NY 14623

Be sure to indicate where you'd like us to mail your coupons.
If you need more information, contact Linda Driscoll: ldriscoll@adopt-a-stream.org or call 585-234-1726.

How will this protect our waterways?

Cleaning human debris from the environment does more than simply make it look better.

• It helps protect aquatic life that may view waste as food or a place to live,
• It helps curbs pollution, and the spread of disease.
• People treat trash-free areas with greater respect and care.

Waste enters a stream in a number of ways. Storm drains collect storm water from our neighborhoods, parking lots and other public areas, and this water is not treated before it reaches our local waterways. This means that garbage that ends up in a storm drain is washed directly to our streams and rivers. Litter from recreational use and sometimes intentional dumping also pollutes our water resources.

Our waterways provide us with fresh drinking water, great recreational opportunities, and a welcome respite for our busy lives. Let's do our part to preserve and protect them.