Spring Sweep

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When: 
May 20, 2017
3rd Annual Spring Sweep presented by Entergy
Time: 9 AM - 2 PM
LPBF's 3rd annual Spring Sweep presented by Entergy will be held on Saturday, May 20, 2017. The cleanup will be held from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and the picnic will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Registration is now open. Check out the zone map at https://lpbf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Viewer/index.html?appid=4d5f7ee0fa7940... to pick the area in which you'd like to sweep. Then call us at (504)836-2238 or email at joannh@saveourlake.org with your group name. We'll email the link for the registration page to you, which you can share with your group's volunteers.

Volunteers, partners, and sponsors will help clean up the areas that drain into Lake Pontchartrain by cleaning curbs, ditches, and storm drains along city streets and rural roadways. Designated areas for the cleanup around the lake at this time include Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. John, St. Tammany, and Tangipahoa Parishes. To choose an area in which you'd like to clean, follow this link to the zone map: https://lpbf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Viewer/index.html?appid=4d5f7ee0fa7940... 

The supply pickup date for zone captains (group leaders) is Tuesday, May 16 from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. at the New Canal Lighthouse. This date is when t-shirts will be available for pick-up along with supplies such as trash bags, gloves, and picnic tickets.

To say thank you to our volunteers, LPBF hosts a picnic at the New Canal Lighthouse for our participants. The picnic serves as a way to bring together all volunteerstogether to celebrate the clean sweep of our region. Thanks to our sponsors and partners, volunteers enjoy foods, drinks, and music. 

If you would like to sponsor this event, please email joannh@saveourlake.org or anne@saveourlake.org.

Venue:  LPBF's New Canal Lighthouse Museum & Education Center
Address:  New Orleans, LA, 8001 Lakeshore Dr
Contact:  joannh@saveourlake.org or anne@saveourlake.org
Admission Cost:  
Phone:  (504) 836-2215
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