Adopt-A-Beach on September 21st
- By: Michigan City Parks and Recreation Department
- Last Updated: August 30, 2013
Help celebrate your love of the Great Lakes and by participating in Adopt-a-Beach.
Volunteers not only remove trash from our shoreline but they also record their findings. The data collected will be used for pollu-tion prevention and clean water education in the region and around the world.
Join us at the Annual Michigan City Beaches and Blueways Cleanup on Saturday, September 21st, 9 am to 12 pm. Please help us clean up Washington Park Beach and Trail Creek in celebration of International Beach Cleanup Day.
- Volunteers 21 years of age or older are invited to lunch and wine tasting frrom noon to 2 pm. Sponsored by Barefoot Winery
- Please register and report to the location in which you would like to participate. Registration can be found at www.greatlakesadopt.org.
Cleanup Locations:
- Washington Park Beach: contact Shannon Eason, Michigan City Parks Department (219) 873-1506, season@emichigancity.com
- Trail Creek Water Trail – meet at Hansen Park: 100 East Street, Contact Dan Plath, 5W Indiana Paddling Association (219) 871-9559, dplath@nwipa.org
- Along Trail Creek behind Friendship Gardens – meet at Hansen Park: 100 East Street, Contact Nicole Messacar, La Porte Co. Soil and Water Conservation Dist. (219) 326-6808 ext. 2115, nmessacar@laportecounty.org
- NIPSCO volunteers, contact Natalie Conlon (219) 647- 5251, nconlon@nisource.com