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lbs. 29 volunteers with help from staff from Allegheny by funding received from the Tennessee
• Feb. 26: Parksville Lake of the Ocoee CleanWays, a nonprofit that hosts river Valley Authority (TVA) and the
River, Benton, TN – 1,462 lbs. 6 cleanup efforts on the Allegheny River Tennessee Dept. of Transportation’s
volunteers in Pennsylvania. The organization’s ‘Nobody Trashes Tennessee’ litter
• Sept. 10: South Holston Lake on the Capt. Evan Clark drove KTNRB’s campaign.
Holston River, Abingdon, VA – 2,004 second 26-foot boat at the cleanups KTNRB plans to host its 4th annual
lbs. 7 volunteers held on Watauga and Tellico lakes Cherokee National Forest River Cleanup
The 66 volunteers had other to accommodate the larger group of Series in 2024. For more information
harrowing statistics from their efforts, volunteers. about KTNRB’s schedule, please visit
including a total of 369 bags of trash Additional partners like Keep www.KeepTNRiverBeautiful.org/
and 32 tires removed. Cleveland & Bradley County Beautiful, upcomingcleanups.
“Oris was thrilled to partner with Keep Carter County Beautiful, Keep Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful
Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful for Jonesborough Beautiful, and Keep is a 501c3 nonprofit and is the first
four cleanup events throughout 2023,” Southwest Virginia Beautiful all Keep America Beautiful affiliate in the
said V.J. Geronimo, Oris CEO – The played a huge role in organizational nation to focus solely on a river. Its
Americas. “Working with dedicated details, recruiting, and participation. mission is to rally communities along
volunteers and Oris enthusiasts to Monroe County Government, Waste the Tennessee River and its tributaries to
clean up nearly five tons of trash was Connections of Tennessee – Cleveland preserve, improve and protect the river
enriching and most of all, impactful. Hauling, Carter County Solid Waste, for generations to come. To date, 3,812
Looking forward to continuing our and Budget Dumpster all donated volunteers have helped the organization
collaboration as part of our Change For dumpster services for the trash to be remove 564,413 lbs. of trash along
The Better program.” hauled away from each cleanup. the 652-mile Tennessee River and its
This year’s series was also boosted The series was largely made possible tributaries that reach into seven states.

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5 1 - UT student volunteers clean out primarily plastic litter from
one of the six shorelines cleaned on Tellico Lake on Sunday,
Feb. 19, where 29 volunteers removed 5,509 lbs. of trash.
2 - Volunteers help to load a tractor tire on Parksville Lake in
Vonore at a cleanup held on Sunday, Feb. 26. A small group of 6
volunteers removed 1,462 lbs. of trash that day.
3 - A group of volunteers celebrate one of the piles of trash
they collected to help beautify and protect South Holston Lake
in Abingdon, Va. in the final cleanup of the Cherokee National
Forest River Cleanup Series presented by Oris.
4 - Volunteers on Watauga Lake in Elizabethton pose with one
of the five piles of trash they gathered on Sunday, Feb. 6.
A group of 24 volunteers removed 4,616 lbs. of trash that day.
5 - Capt. Evan Clark drives KTNRB’s boat as he and Kathleen
Gibi, KTNRB Executive Director, round up the trash piles that
volunteers collected on Tellico Lake.

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