September 6th Barefoot Wine and Bubbly Beach Cleanup/ Party after Lake Erie Boat Float
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FACEBOOK EVENT LINK: https://www.facebook.com/events/1391985461042118/?ref=br_tf
Volunteers invited to Edgewater Park to help keep Great Lakes’
beaches “Barefoot” friendly
Public beach cleanup and celebration planned for volunteers
WHAT: Barefoot Wine is teaming up with Alliance for the Great Lakes and Drink Local. Drink Tap, Inc. to host a public Adopt-a-Beach™ cleanup at Edgewater Park. After the cleanup, volunteers ages 21 and older are invited to attend a celebration featuring Barefoot Wine and surf-inspired fare.
The event is part of a continuing partnership between Barefoot Wine and the Alliance’s Adopt-a-Beach™ Program to clean up Great Lakes’ beaches and shorelines and celebrate our volunteers. In 2013, more than 12,000 Adopt-a-Beach™ volunteers removed 46,103 pounds of trash at 352 locations in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and Wisconsin. This cleanup is part of 14 other events throughout the Great Lakes this summer with Barefoot Wine and the Alliance. For more info on additional events in your area, visit: www.greatlakesadopt.org.
WHO: Barefoot Wine, fun, flavorful and affordable wines and bubblies
Alliance for the Great Lakes, a nonprofit with a mission of conserving and restoring the world’s largest surface freshwater resource using policy, education and local efforts
Drink Local. Drink Tap, Inc. ™: a non-profit organization inspiring safe water action (or activism) through creative educational outreach and providing safe water access to people in need.
WHEN: Saturday, September 6, 2014
Cleanup Celebration
11:00am-1:00pm 1:30pm-4:00pm
WHERE: Beach Cleanup Barefoot Wine Celebration
Edgewater Park 1306 W 65th St, Cleveland
6616 Memorial Shoreway Cleveland, OH 44102
Cleveland, OH 44118
Meet at the Barefoot Wine tent!
COST: No charge; open to the public. Celebration open to participants 21 years of age or older
CONTACT: Alliance for the Great Lakes: Hyle Lowry, hlowry@greatlakes.org, 216-630-8140
Hunter Public Relations: Blaine Rueber, brueber@hunterpr.com, 212-679-6600