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Huge Volunteer Cleanup Set For Carter Lake in September

CARTER LAKE - Volunteers will spend one day next month turning 315 acres of garbage-laden water back into a beautiful lake. Roughly 150 citizens will remove trash from Carter Lake - near Omaha, Neb. - in a huge volunteer cleanup project on Saturday, Sept. 17.

Participants will walk the lake's shores, loading garbage onto canoes and flat-bottom boats. Jet skis will tow the boats to collection points along the lake. A group of six volunteers will remove larger pieces of garbage from the water. If interested, please contact organizers (see below).

The project is the first step towards saving the lake, which has suffered from neglect, dumping and dangerously low water levels over the years, said Steve Wilbur, President of Shoals Homeowner's Association, one of the effort's sponsors.

"With all the garbage that's in the lake, it's a real eyesore," he said. "The beauty of Carter Lake is really tarnished right now."

Area homeowners associations and other groups organized the cleanup, with the help of the Iowa DNR's Keepers of the Land volunteer program. Keepers of the Land provided consultation and technical assistance with waste management, volunteer recruitment and recognition, sponsorship and publicity. The volunteer program offers similar help to other efforts statewide.

Carter Lake cleanup organizers will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner to participants and will provide canoes, trash bags and rubber gloves. Volunteers should bring leather gloves if they have them, wear sturdy shoes and dress appropriately. The workday will conclude with entertainment and a prize drawing - including hotel stays, meals and golf passes donated by local businesses.

Participants will meet at 8 a.m. at Mayberry Park (1701 Willow Dr., Carter Lake) and can sign up for morning or evening, 4-hour shifts (or both). Volunteers are encouraged to attend the second and final community organization meeting at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 7 at the Carter Lake Public Library. Other volunteer needs include forming 5-6 member cleanup teams, sorting trash, calling sponsors, providing CPR skills and donating boats. Thanks to all involved!
 

 

 

 

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