Want to Clean the Wissahickon?

For the fourth year, the Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association will join forces with the Friends of the Wissahickon to clean all 21 miles of the Wissahickon Creek. 

Volunteers of all ages will clean the creek, its surrounding trails and its tributaries — and will likely find everything from plastic bags, to tires to mattresses.

The cleanup happens Saturday, April 27 and runs from 9 a.m. to noon.

This is the 43^rd anniversary of the cleanup.

Following the clean up, all volunteers are invited to WVWA’s “Talkin’ Trash” picnic held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Fort Washington Park’s Flourtown Pavilion on Mill Road in Flourtown.

Registration is Required 

To help out in Montgomery County, all volunteers must be pre-assigned a section of the Wissahickon Creek or a tributary to clean; sites range from Lansdale to Flourtown. WVWA will provide bags and will tell volunteers where to place trash.

For more information, contact Bob Adams, WVWA Director of Stewardship, at 215-646-8866 ext. 14 or bob@wvwa.org. Please indicate the name, size, age range of your group, and if you plan to stay for the picnic.

To work with the Friends of the Wissahickon in Philadelphia, meet at the pavilion along Forbidden Drive, a short distance south of the intersection of Forbidden Drive and Northwestern Avenue. Volunteers will help clean up along the creek, and nearby areas of the park and neighborhood. Parking is available along Northwestern Avenue and other nearby streets, but is limited. Volunteers are encouraged to bike or carpool to the event. 

To participate, register on the FOW web site at www.fow.org. Please indicate if you plan to attend the picnic. Contact Volunteer Coordinator Eric Falk with questions at 215-247-0417 x107 or falk@fow.org.

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Information courtesy of Friends of the Wissahickon