Volunteers Wanted
Clean Ocean Action is looking for volunteers for the Rally for the Two Rivers project they do in conjunction with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
The purpose of the Rally is to help address and improve water quality within the watershed of the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers so close to so many homes in the Bayshore and beyond.
Volunteers will be trained to become community scientists by collecting water samples. Samples are collected weekly on Wednesdays from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Navesink watershed and biweekly in the Shrewsbury watershed on Tuesdays during those same hours.
Clean Ocean Action volunteers will train in how to collect the samples, safety in the process as well as providing a lot of background information and resources so volunteers feel a huge part of this community project.
The goal of the program is to find a fix to pollution problems by encouraging all the municipalities to work together and address these issues. The community scientists…all those volunteers taking samples…must be at least 18 years old to participate and attend the training session to be sure they all know all the benefits of their volunteer work.
Email programs@cleanoceanaction.org or call 732-872-0112 to sign up or get more details.
Clean Ocean Action offers a special program for professionals who teach in the 5th through 8th grades. They have the opportunity to take their students on a free and educational field trip to the beach during their Sprin Student Summit program at Gateway National Recreation Area on Sandy Hook. The program is May 15 or 16 and the kids get some spectacular hands-on environmental sessions. Applications have to be filled out by April 15, but don’t wait that long to put this in your plana for offering the best possible education for your students. Check out Education@cleanoceanaction.org and email Kristen Grazioso, the volunteer coordinator for more info.
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