What:              The fourth annual Village Creek cleanup will be Saturday, Oct. 24 from 9 to 11 a.m.  Volunteers will meet at Avenue M at Moro Park in Ensley.  Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m.

Overview:      The Village Creek Society is coordinating this Renew Our Rivers cleanup in partnership with the Birmingham Fire and Rescue Department, Birmingham Public Works Department, Vulcan Materials and Alabama Power. In 2008, almost 300 volunteers removed nearly 7 tons of trash and debris. Since 2006, volunteers have removed more than 35 tons of trash from the creek.

Volunteers for Renew Our Rivers, the Southeast’s largest river cleanup campaign, have collected more than 10 million pounds of trash and debris from Alabama and Southeastern rivers since the program’s 2000 inception. This cleanup marks the final of 25 scheduled in 2009 on the Cahaba, Coosa, Tallapoosa, Black Warrior and Mobile rivers.

Contact:         For more information, contact Dr. Mable Anderson, Village Creek Society, at 205-798-0087.