Organize a 2012 Cleanup

Organizing a river cleanup is a great way to reconnect your family, friends and neighbors with the streams and rivers in your backyard. The first steps to organizing a river cleanup are selecting a date and location, and registering your cleanup online.

When you register, your cleanup will appear on the Find a Cleanup map, allowing volunteers to find you. We provide FREE trash bags to all organizers who register their event four weeks in advance. 

Organizing a river cleanup is a rewarding experience. You’ll be satisfied in knowing that you are playing a role in improving your hometown waters.

Organizer's Tools:

• Register a Cleanup 
• Report the Results of Your Cleanup 
• Promote Your Cleanup
• Organizer's Handbook 
• What To Do After the Trash Is Gone
• Take Action
• Educational Materials
• Rivers 101 [PDF]
• Why River Cleanups Are Important [PDF]
• Economic Impact of Rivers and Recreation [PDF]
• River Anatomy [PDF]
• River Diagram

AARP Joins American Rivers in Promoting Volunteerism, Cleanups American Rivers is working with AARP to increase volunteerism through our National River Cleanup™ program with a new how-to video and toolkit, How to Organize a River Cleanup. Watch the video below or download the toolkit (PDF).  How To Organize a River Cleanup on Howcast