A collision of projects has kept me from posting some articles on recent events. Last Saturday, September 12, the Organization for the Assabet River held its 23rd annual River Cleanup event. Over 100 volunteers braved absolutely drenching conditions as the skies opened up from time to time the entire morning. We had teams in Westborough, Northborough, Hudson, Maynard, Acton, and Concord.
A more comprehensive set of photos I took during the event are online at: http://community.dmg-photography.com/2009-assabet-cleanup
Here’s a team from the fine folks at Intel in Hudson. Year after year they come out to do some of the dirtiest work on the river (about 10 minutes after this photo was taken it started to pour). It must be some kind of therapy from working in cleanrooms all day or something.
And this is why we’re doing what we’re doing (note the bubbles in the background from the downpour):
Scenes from Concord. I was asked if we were going to cancel because of the rain. I replied “we only cancel for ‘named storms’”. :-)
Another corporate team that started a few years ago is from Raytheon. Each year they seem to crank up their involvement and we couldn’t be happier with folks so willing to get soaking wet with the goal of pulling trash out of the river.
For more photographs from the event visit: http://community.dmg-photography.com/2009-assabet-cleanup
For more information on the Assabet River and what you can do to help restore it to health, visit the Organization for the Assabet River’s web site.
My thanks to OAR’s Julia Khorana, all of the river cleanup coordinators in the six towns, the DPWs of those towns, and, of course, EVERYONE who came out to help!
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