Village of Spencerport Announces Participation in 2nd Annual Canal Clean Sweep

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY (04/26/2007)(readMedia)-- In preparation for the upcoming 182nd consecutive navigation season on the New York State Canal System, and in recognition of Earth Day 2007, the New York State Canal Corporation has partnered with Parks & Trails NY to sponsor the Second Annual Canal Clean Sweep during the weekends of April 21st and April 28th, 2007.

As part of this celebration, the Village of Spencerport will host a "Day of Caring" on Saturday, April 28, 2007 at the Firemans Field in historic Spencerport, NY from 8:30 a.m.-12 noon. The event will include canal bank cleanups, garden cleanups and planting, stormwater drain stenciling, water quality testing and other demonstrations. Participants will include area students from the Spencerport High School Service Club, sports teams and other community volunteers. The Day of Caring Event now in its 5th year has achieved much success with the help of local businesses and residents, which is what makes Spencerport truly "Someplace Special."

The Canal Clean Sweep will help highlight the significance of the Canal System as a recreational and tourism destination in Spencerport, NY by encouraging communities, not-for-profit organizations and volunteers to engage in cleanup and beautification activities along the Canal System and the Canalway Trail. More than 45 communities and trail groups across the New York State Canal System are also participating in the Canal Clean Sweep by hosting local clean up activities in Canal parks, along public promenades and on Canalway Trail segments in their region.

WHAT: "Day of Caring", as part of the New York State Canal Sweep

WHEN: Saturday, April 28, 2007 from 8:30 a.m.-12 noon

WHERE: Firemans' Field, 1 Park Road, Spencerport, NY 14559

VISUALS: Canal bank cleanups, gardening and planting, water quality testing and local high school students.

The Connecting the Drops Campaign - Connecting the Drops is a public outreach campaign of the New York State Thruway and Canal Corporation (NYSTA/NYSCC). The goal of this outreach is to remind New Yorkers that water connects everyone, and that what is dropped in the environment can reach water bodies and put aquatic life, recreation, and even drinking water at risk. The Connect the Drops effort includes educating NYSTA/NYSCC employees, as well as all the motorists and boaters that use its roads and canals.

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