Tired of seeing trash? Now you can do something about it.

JRA has started a “do-it-yourself” trash cleanup program so you can participate in a trash cleanup even if you don’t see one on our calendar. There are sites throughout the watershed in need of some helping hands to clean up trash.

Through the new Self-Directed Trash Cleanup Program, JRA will provide your group with the location of a nearby site and a clean-up kit that includes grabbers, trash bags, a first aid kit, and gloves so your group can take action. JRA will even arrange for trash pick-up when you are finished!

Here’s an example of how one group made a difference: On Sunday, January 29, JRA supplied a group of 10 volunteers from the William & Mary Law School Environmental Law Society with a trash cleanup kit. They were to Huntington Beach in Newport News and collected 10 bags of trash! This is a site that one of JRA’s RiverRats, Chris Gwaltney, came across while on patrol and reported it as being in need of a trash cleanup. Thanks to this group for doing such an awesome job!

If you are interested in taking your group out for a trash cleanup, please contact volunteer@jrava.org.