Hey Kids, clean the stream and get a patch free

The annual Operation Clean Stream will be held Saturday August 23, 2008. In celebration of this special event, throughout the month of August we will be running a special promotion. All floaters 15 years and younger who collect at least 1 orange mesh trash sack full of litter from the Meramec River and its banks will receive a “Missouri Stream Team” iron-on embroidered patch FREE! This will look cool on your shirt or hat.

What is Operation Clean Stream? Founded in 1967, OPERATION CLEAN STREAM is one of America’s longest and largest ongoing river restoration projects, continuing for 40 years now. The annual event attracts nearly 2,000 volunteers from various age groups and backgrounds, to the Meramec River and its tributaries including the Big, Bourbeuse, Courtois and Huzzah Rivers. Furthermore, agencies and organizations at the local, state and national levels have recognized this program as a key environmental event in the St. Louis Region. Operation Clean Stream is more than a river cleanup project. The event also serves as a public campaign for educating area citizens on the value of clean water and our responsibility to area rivers and streams. (from the Open Space Council website)