Wednesday, August 21, 2013

The Tire-Less James - The Numbers Are In!

Thanks to volunteers from Virginia Canals & Navigations Society, Heart of Virginia Council Boy Scouts of America, the crews of six The James River batteaux, some JRA RiverRats and a host of other volunteers, the James is now tire-less!

On Saturday, August 17, 154 volunteers took to the river in boats of all kinds as part of the first Tire-Less James event and together they removed 479 tires from a 59-mile stretch of the James River between Lynchburg and Richmond.

A big thank you also goes to Bridgestone Americas LLC’s "One Team One Planet" Spent Tire Program, for providing free hauling and recycling of all the tires that were collected.

If you are interested in participating in next year’s event you can sign up to volunteer, select the Tire-Less James event in the interest section, and we will send you information as next year’s event gets closer!


These photos were taken by volunteers during the event. See all the fun they were having on our facebook album

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