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Get Ready for Blitz 2012
A Watershed-Wide Cleanup!
May 9, 2012
Help make the second Barnegat Bay Blitz better than the first!
Kick-Off
Barnegat Lighthouse
Start time: 9:30 a.m.
An opening event with Deputy Commissioner Irene Kropp will take place at 208 Broadway, Barnegat Light, NJ 08006.
All volunteers in the area are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be available.
Closing Event
Ocean County College
Start Time: 3:00 p.m.
A closing event with Commissioner Bob Martin will take place at College Drive, Toms River, NJ 08754, in the Solar Lounge.
All volunteers in the area are welcome to attend. Light refreshment and Re-Clam the Bay will be serving clams & oysters.
Directions for the college can be found here www.ocean.edu/welcome/maps/maps_directions.htm
If you attend, please park in Lot 2. A map of the campus is available here www.ocean.edu/welcome/maps/college_buildings/Student_Center.htm.
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On Wednesday, October 19, 2011, over 2,400 volunteers (including DEP Commissioner Martin, DEP officials and staff), cleaned up dozens of areas in the Barnegat Bay watershed's 37 municipalities. Volunteers came from a wide array of local groups including students, senior citizens, environmentalists, business and local government leaders, and even military personnel from Fort Dix.
The 2011 blitz was a major success. Volunteers gathered 739 bags of trash plus 578 bags of recyclables. In addition, 3 30-yard dumpsters and 3 dump trucks were filled!
We need YOU to make Blitz 2012 bigger and better!
In addition to signing up for a local cleanup, you can help in the following ways:
- Share the Blitz flyer (pdf) with your schools and encourage them to sign up and participate;
- Share the Blitz flyer (pdf) with your community organizations and encourage them sign up and participate;
- Share the Blitz flyer (pdf) with your local businesses and encourage them to sign up and participate; and
- Suggest a location in need of a cleanup.
Volunteer to join us by filling out and submitting a Volunteer Pledge Card.
Barnegat Bay Blitz 2012 contacts:
Lynette Lurig, 609-633-1314
Katie Barnett, 609-633-0764
Toni Heater, 609-292-9978
Team Captains (doc)
Event Sponsors
Click on a municipality below to see details and photos from the Blitz 2011 cleanups.
Barnegat Bay Watershed Municipalities
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