Haw River Assembly Clean-Up-A-Thon Totals 1991–2014
For 24 years, the Haw River Assembly has organized volunteers to pick up trash at sites along the
110 miles of the Haw River, on tributaries and at Jordan Lake.
These are the totals for those efforts.
1991 – 1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
ALL TOTALS :
40 teams
18 teams
9 teams
9 teams
11 teams
13 teams
12 teams
15 teams
13 sites
15 sites
15 sites
13 sites
17 teams
19 teams
16 teams
22 teams
34 teams
28 teams
27 teams
18 teams
16 teams
400 volunteers
180 volunteers
100 volunteers
121 volunteers
147 volunteers
217 volunteers
150 volunteers
106 volunteers
123 volunteers
145 volunteers
175 volunteers
160 volunteers
212 volunteers
165 volunteers
213 volunteers
118 volunteers
213 volunteers
266 volunteers
367 volunteers
309 volunteers
249 volunteers
4136 volunteers
7653 bags
600 bags
250 bags
198 bags
157 bags
227 bags
396 bags
300 bags
189 bags,
207 bags
257 bags
325 bags
225 bags
319 bags
278 bags
586 bags
257 bags
595 bags
496 bags
705 bags
719 bags
367 bags
120 tires (Estimated Data)
30 tires
30 tires
37 tires
40 tires
87 tires
150 tires
30 tires
20 tires
28 tires
61 tires
54 tires
46 tires
47 tires
179 tires
31 tires
74 tires
137 tires
141 tires
35 tires
167 tires
1470 tires
PLUS, tons of appliances, car parts, construction materials, 55 gallon drums, signs and highway
cones, pipes, appliances, furniture, and other stuff too big for bags.
Weird Trash Award: Each year, teams nominate the weirdest trash they have found along the
river. Past finds include: birdcage, kitchen sink, Caspar the Ghost decoration, plastic cactus, guns,
rubber shark, chicken and turtle, religious statue,”tushkins”, a 1905 NJ birth certificate and a 1907
grammar book. We are amazed at the number of balls we find from every imaginable sport!
Join Us! Help us keep our waters clean –and join us for this annual March event. The
2015 Clean-up will be held Saturday March 14. To get more information about the 2015
Haw River Clean-Up-A-Thon contact us at info@hawriver.org or (919) 542-5790.
Working to protect the Haw River and Jordan Lake since 1982
www.hawriver.org