2008 News Archive
11th annual "Rivers Alive" cleanup
High school, City volunteers excel
9/17/2008
Chattahoochee High Environmental Club members Carolyn Marcinkowski, left,Lauren Ruoff, Sara Geonczy, Tiara Martin, Julia Fieldgreen, Joe Le and Lahari Shetty receive Rivers Alive award from Johns Creek City Council Member Randall Johnson, rear.
During the 11th annual "Rivers Alive" clean-up campaign on Sept. 17, which brought out hundreds of volunteers, the environmental clubs from Centennial and Chattahoochee high schools won awards for the most trash collected and the most participants in the High School Challenge of the campaign.
City of Johns Creek staff pulled more than 600 pounds of trash and debris out of a 2-mile stretch of the Chattahoochee River from Jones Bridge Road to Medlock Bridge Road.
In total, over a 10-day period, more than 700,000 pounds of trash, debris and discarded items were pulled from the river, Metro-Atlanta's major source of water.