Highway Clean Up

Twelfth Annual Community Pride Highway Cleanup

Presented by Vail Resorts Echo

■Saturday, May 7th, 2011, from 9 AM- 12 PM
■Volunteer Thank You BBQ will be at the Broken Arrow at the base of Arrowhead Mountain
■Largest highway clean up in Colorado with over 121 miles cleaned
■Over 650 people volunteer
■Don't forget to attend the great, free, Volunteer Thank You BBQ
*** To sign up or take part in any Watershed Council Events call 970-827-5406 or visit http://www.erwc.org/***

The Eagle River Watershed Council and Vail Resorts Echo will host the 12th Annual Community Pride Highway Clean Up on Saturday, May 7, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to noon.

Volunteers are needed to remove trash in teams from the 121 miles of the valley’s main roads. In 2010, nearly 800 individuals collected more than 44,000 pounds of waste.

“There is a strong sense of camaraderie and accomplishment when everyone sees those orange bags along the road,” said Joe Macy, ERWC Board Emeritus. “It sounds corny, but it’s fun to be part of something so big and so badly needed.”

Volunteers will bag trash from 9:00 a.m. to noon, and join an after-party hosted by Vail Resorts Echo and the Arrowhead Alpine Club at Broken Arrow Restaurant. The after-party will include live music, beer and BBQ.

Volunteers are needed to assemble or join teams from Vail Pass and Red Cliff to Dotsero. Teams can request an assignment in a general area, but many teams “own” their section of the highway, having cleaned it for ten or more years. To receive a section of a highway, team leaders must sign up in advance.

“Volunteer teams are the heart of our success,” explains Sue Mott, the event’s volunteer coordinator. “They enlist friends, family and co-workers for their groups.”

The Community Pride Highway Clean Up is supported by presenting sponsor Vail Resorts Echo, as well as the El Pomar Foundation, The Eagle River Foundation, Slifer, Smith & Frampton, FirstBank, Loaded Joe’s Coffeehouse, Moe’s Original BBQ, Vail Rotary, Vail Honeywagon, Waste Management, CDOT, Eagle County, the towns of Vail, Eagle and Gypsum and our local media partners, the Vail Daily, TV 8, KZYR and NRC Broadcasting.