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Just walked in the door from a collaboration meeting with some folks downtown (lots of good news for 2025 on this front) and found our first Amazon Wish List item was delivered!
These came from our first sponsor Total Office, Inc.. With the additional locations of trash booms, groups and people wanting to help with cleaning and installing, we need additional supplies. We are also setting up an account at our local Home Depot for those who would be interested in sponsoring a boom or two. (That…

I am so PROUD of my husband!!! He is making a difference in this world and people are noticing!
While, down by the river Thursday morning, checking on the trash booms, wildlife and etc., he also stopped to talk to people who ask him what he is doing. He loves this part too because it gives him a chance to talk about his passion, the river and waterways. It also helps get the word…

Some old men meet up for coffee in the morning, some go fishing or take in a walk…
these two old guys meet up on Mud Run to repair blown out booms and clean up a creek. Tomorrow I hear they are going to be down stream of here to get the trash from the blown out booms 😉. Still 6 bags of trash close to 100 pounds.

Already over a TON of trash removed at our booms this year!!!
It has been a busy week from a site survey for a private land owner dealing with decades of trash collected from a storm sewer, a new temporary boom downtown for the Bicentennial event that may or may not happen Saturday (we pulled about 120 pounds out of the short stretch of the canal by…

River Guardians Ohio has gone International!
Michaela, my Cousin here from Germany, spent some time this weekend checking and cleaning booms. 3 bags of trash and another 60 pounds or should it be 27.22 kilograms, out of the waterways!

We spent the morning running through the booms with Chris of South Street Ministries and collecting 9 bags of trash and a TV at 143 pounds.
They will be assisting with cleaning out the booms going forward. Today was “training” with Chris so he can train his crews. Dave was here too but had to leave before pictures were taken!