We are so excited to announce that we are receiving an operating support grant from the Stranahan Supporting Organization of the Greater Toledo Community Foundation. For a non-profit, especially a small one, an operating support grant provides flexibility, new opportunities, and a strong base that are so important to longevity and growth. For us, this […]
2019 proved to be another great year at Partners for Clean Streams! There have been more highs (high water actually) than lows and much accomplished towards clean, clear, and safe water. Very wet weather and high water levels in the spring/summer meant that a lot of our regularly scheduled river/stream cleanup programs were cancelled (due […]
#GivingTuesday is TODAY and Partners for Clean Streams is excited to remind everyone that we are participating! #GivingTuesday is a global movement to give back to charities that help make communities better places to live, work, and play. In our case, donations made during #GivingTuesday will help us to better support our many waterways through […]
#GivingTuesday is TODAY and Partners for Clean Streams is excited to remind everyone that we are participating! #GivingTuesday is a global movement to give back to charities that help make communities better places to live, work, and play. In our case, donations made during #GivingTuesday will help us to better support our many waterways through […]
Partners for Clean Streams is excited to announce our participation in #GivingTuesdayNWO 2019! #GivingTuesday is a global movement to give back to charities that help make communities better places to live, work, and play. In our case, donations made during #GivingTuesday will help us to better support our many waterways through educational outreach, year-round water […]
PCS will be hosting its 13th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday, December 3rd from 5:30-7:30pm at the Toledo Botanical Gardens. We are excited to share our successes from the year with our partners, supporters, and friends. The AGM will include appetizers, program presentations and recaps, Clean Your Streams Challenge Awards presentations, and the announcement […]
Did you know that Clean Your Streams Day (CYS) is part of a GLOBAL effort to rid the Earth’s waterways of harmful debris? On September 21st, Partners for Clean Streams (PCS) and our CYS volunteers joined the Ocean Conservancy and over one million like-minded volunteers around the world to help reduce the amount of debris […]
The 23rd Annual Clean Your Streams was another wonderfully successful effort to clean local waters. On September 21st, in the span of just a few hours, 918 volunteers removed 18,455 pounds of garbage from 35 miles of Toledo-area waterways! Many types of trash were removed. In addition to the ubiquitous array of plastics, volunteers removed 124 […]
If you visited Momentum Toledo before or after Clean Your Streams, you likely noticed the exhibit ‘The Herd’ by artist Kelley Bell. The intention of this exhibit was to call attention to the discrepancy that is sometimes a reality between local waterways and accessible local waterways. It is not uncommon in dense urban areas for waterways […]
Thanks to all our groups, schools, and organizations who signed up for our annual Challenge Awards and River Partner Certifications! The waterways were the true winners of the day, but read below to see who earned the dirt on their shirt as they cleaned their streams! Youth Challenges: 1st place Battle of the Bags (most […]