Event Information
SATURDAY APRIL 18TH, 2015, 9AM to NOON, at scott Park, Champaign, Illinois
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This year is the 10th Boneyard Creek Community Day!
This event is only possible because of our many community volunteers. Volunteers clean up litter and non-native plants from areas all over Champaign Urbana. Work sites vary from those suitable for younger children to more challenging sites. |
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Thank you for volunteering! Event schedule:
What should I wear?
Dress to work outside. No open-toed shoes. Some projects may involve getting into the creek. Those participants should wear boots. Please bring your own refillable water bottle and wear your t-shirt from a previous year if you have one.
Why are we doing this?
Boneyard Creek Community Day is a way to celebrate and protect our lakes and streams by engaging volunteers to pitch in and clean. Litter looks bad and leads to more litter. It clogs storm drains causing local flooding and ends up in receiving streams harming aquatic life. This event helps remind us all to be responible citizens and put trash in its place.
Register
Registration is now open for the 2015 Boneyard Creek Community Day!
Please register by 5pm, Wednesday April 15th. If you are registering before the 4/15 deadline, use the link below. If you need to register after this deadline please email Betsy Liggett at bliggett@illinois.edu. Please only email Betsy Liggett if you are registering after 5pm on Wednesday April 15th.
Please register by 5pm, Wednesday April 15th. If you are registering before the 4/15 deadline, use the link below. If you need to register after this deadline please email Betsy Liggett at bliggett@illinois.edu. Please only email Betsy Liggett if you are registering after 5pm on Wednesday April 15th.
Sponsors
The Boneyard Creek Community Day is possible because of generous sponsorship from community businesses and organizations. For information regarding being a 2015 sponsor, including being a lunch sponsor, contact Debby Auble (debbyauble@gmail.com).
Thank you to last year's sponsors!
Organizers
education
Boneyard Creek Community Day is proud to have many student participants. Please join us after the clean-up for lunch, music, and educational displays suitable for all ages at Scott Park.
2014 Displays Included:
- Fishes of the Boneyard
- Hydrology Model
- Feed the Thing Recycling
- Rainfall Simulator
- Boneyard Arts Festival
accomplishments
2013 Totals:
- 330 volunteers
- 7 clean up sites
- 845 acres of land cleaned up
- 3.9 shore miles cleaned up
- 1 shore mile invasive species removed
2014 Totals:
- 400 volunteers
- 7 clean up sites
- 1,459 acres of land cleaned up
- 2.6 shore miles cleaned up
- 0.2 shore miles invasive species removed
Photos
These photos have been provided by an amazing group of volunteer photographers:
- Cecil Bilbo
- Gregg Cook
- Sheila Daniels
- Silvia Eaton
- Jana Mason
- Jim McGuire
- Greg McIsaac
- David Oliver
- Della Perrone
- Gary Price
- Nichole Summers
- Renee Weitkamp
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2014
Arts
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In 2013, local artists painted 9 murals as a gentle reminder to put trash in its place. Sponsors included: Public Art League, Champaign County Design & Conservation Foundation, Champaign County Soil & Water Conservation District, City of Champaign, Urbana Park District, and University of Illinois.
The Map below shows the mural locations. |
Contact Information
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Please direct general questions to :
Please direct sponsorship questions to:
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