Dear List Members:
The Lake Lanier Association will hold its twentieth Annual Shore Sweep on September 27, 2008 at thirteen locations around the Lake Lanier :
Aqualand Marina · Bald Ridge Marina
Beaver Ruin Rd, Cumming (between 4 YD and 5 YD)
Old 53 road bed (north of Lanier Bridge, east side)
Clarks Bridge Park · Gainesville Marina
Habersham Marina · Holiday Marina
Lake Lanier Islands · Lanier Harbor Marina
Sunrise Cove Marina · Port Royale Marina
War Hill Park
The event will take place from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m., and volunteers may pick up bags to collect trash from the shoreline at one of the designated sites on the lake. In return for a full bag of trash, the volunteers will receive either a free 20th Anniversary T-shirt or, for scouts, a Shore Sweep 2008 patch, and an invitation to the Shore Sweep volunteer appreciation party which will take place after the 20th Annual Shore Sweep on September 27 at Lanier Park on Buford Dam Road.
Please note that most boat ramps are closed and that large items cannot be left in the water at sites for pick up later. With the help of Martin Docks and Marine Specialties, we have made special arrangements for the disposal of large items collected by boat.
Hall County :Large items may be taken by boat only to a dumpster at the Old Highway 53 road bed in Hall County; this is first cove on the right after Lanier Bridge heading north.
Dawson County: Dawson County volunteers will be using a work barge donated by Marine Specialties in Gainesville to collect large items of trash between 8:30 a.m. and 11:30 am on September 27 at ‘Deer Island,’ across from Athens Boat Club. Dawson County organizers are forming individual volunteer work teams to collect trash either north of Deer Island or immediately south of Deer Island which will then be placed on the barge Saturday morning. Volunteers are needed to work either on the morning of Shore Sweep or to help out on one of the three days preceding Shore Sweep. For more information on volunteering for Shore Sweep in Dawson County, please email dawsonshoresweep@cs.com.
Forsyth County: take large items to the end of Beaver Ruin Road in Forsyth County on the south side of Young Deer Creek between markers 4 and 5.
Please note that Marine Specialties barges will be in the vicinity of the Hall and Forsyth sites for boaters to transfer heavy and large items of trash. Please take tires to one of these sites for appropriate disposal.
The Lake Lanier Association is holding special contests for volunteers at the appreciation party and is asking them to bring their T-shirts from past years to the party where organizers will be awarding prizes for those with T-shirt from the earliest year, and to the person with the most consecutive year T-shirts. Party attendees will enjoy free food and beverages, entertainment and a chance to win raffle prizes.
The Lake Lanier Association thanks Dawson County, Keep Forsyth County Beautiful, Hall County, J & J Disposal, Martin Docks, Marine Specialties and Bridgestone for their commitment to Shore Sweep and their assistance with trash collection and disposal. A complete list of sponsors can be seen on the Shore Sweep flyer on our Web site, http://www.lakelanier.org/ev_ss_lla_shore_sweep.php
We thank all the dedicated Shore Sweep volunteers for their participation and support and look forwarding to seeing them again on September 27!
For more information, please contact the office at 770-503-7757.
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Native Gardening Workshop, September 22
Please note that a few seats remain at the association’s first Native Gardening Workshop on September 22 at 6:15 pm at the North Georgia Community Foundation, 615 Oak Street, Gainesville. For more information, visit http://llanews.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/native-plant-workshop-september-22-2008/
Vicki Barnhorst
770-503-7757
