Doe Run Lake & Nature Trail Clean-Up

part of the Great American Cleanup

April 24

KCP&R will facilitate the annual Doe Run Lake & Nature Trail Clean-Up, as part of the Keep American Beautiful Great American Cleanup 2010, and provide citizens an opportunity to ´Get Involved'  by picking up trash and litter and to explore one of the last remaining public natural areas in Kenton County ~ Doe Run Lake.

Come for the whole day or just part of the day. The Doe Run Lake & Nature Trail Clean-Up is set for Saturday, April 24 and will begin at 9:00 am. A picnic lunch for all volunteers will follow at about noon. Rubber gloves and trash bags will be provided. Wear boots or old shoes and old clothes. It will be messy! Volunteers will collect and remove everything that should not be found in a County park, including trash, construction debris, automobile and truck tires, old fishing line, and an odd assortment of other objects not usually associated with Nature and the outdoors. A permanent port-o-let has been installed so now if you have to go, you won't have to leave!

We will have our ´Most Unusual Find' Contest again and it's always exciting! One year, it was a bowling ball; another year, it was two halves of an electric guitar! Who knows what we'll discover this time around? Need community service hours? We will be happy to sign your paperwork. The fun begins at 9:00 am! See you there!

Doe Run Lake is easy to find! Take the Covington/Independence (Exit 80) off I-275. Go south (away from Covington and under I-275) on KY 17 (Madison Pike) about 1 mile. Follow signs in the area of Pioneer Park. We'll meet in the parking area near the boat launch. Come on out to Doe Run Lake on Saturday, April 24 and help us make a difference!

The Great American Cleanup, a part of Keep America Beautiful, is the nation's largest community improvement program, takes place annually from March 1 through May 31, involving an estimated 2.8 million volunteers and attendees. Hardworking volunteers donate millions of hours each year to clean, beautify, and improve more than 17,000 communities during more than 30,000 events in all 50 states and beyond. Activities include beautifying parks and recreation areas, cleaning seashores and waterways, handling recycling collections, picking up litter, planting trees and flowers, and conducting educational programs and litter-free events. For more about the Great American Cleanup, visit http://www.keepcincinnatibeautiful.org/index.php/main/show/382.

For news of upcoming programs, activities, and events to be held in Kenton County's parks, call the Parks & Recreation office at (859) 525-PLAY (7529). Ask about signing up for a once-a-week e-mail update of What's Happening in Kenton County's parks.