SHORE SWEEP: The Big Clean Up!

Hundreds of volunteers, just like YOU, come together for one BIG day of getting their hands dirty — literally. Lake Lanier Association organizes this annual event for the benefit of Lake Lanier and all that enjoy its beauty. With over 1,000 volunteers collecting trash along the shores of Lake Lanier, this program is an enormous success. Join the effort this year to break the record Captain Rick Marton set when he and his crew collected 9 tons of trash!

What Do I Need To Do?

If you ever dreamed of being a trash collector, this is your lucky day. As a Shore Sweep Volunteer the first thing you need is…you guessed it — trash bags! Volunteers may pick up trash bags to collect trash from the shoreline at the lake locations listed below. Trash may be taken to these locations, with the exception of Lake Lanier Islands, where volunteers may enter at no charge through the main gate to collect trash.

 
 
 

Not Available? Advance Trash Drop-Off Locations

In addition to our day-of-event locations–all marinas, Lake Lanier Islands, Clarks Bridge, and War Hill Parks–we also have eight advance drop-off locations around the lake. The advance locations are for 1 week prior to the BIG DAY. Please bring bagged trash or large items to one of these locations. Barges are scheduled to pick up at all these locations. Bringing items to the advance locations during the week prior to Shore Sweep is a great way to contribute to this event even if your schedule won’t allow you to be there on that day.

Below is the list of advance locations. The lake map coordinates are from the Atlantic Mapping Recreation and Fishing Guide for Lake Lanier.

1. Map coordinate J-12, buoy marker 1SM, beach at Shady Grove Park
2. Map coordinate H-7, Beaver Ruin Road shoreline area
3. Map coordinate N-4, Lanier Harbor Marina
4. Map coordinate N-9, buoy 14, Gaines Ferry Islands
5. Map coordinate L-18, buoy 33, Keith’s Bridge Island
6. Map coordinate M-24, Old Dawsonville Highway road bed near DNR regional office and Martin Docks
7. Map coordinate M-28, buoy 2WC, unnamed island
8. Map coordinate D-21, buoy 21C, Nix Island

NOTICE: ADVANCE LOCATIONS ONLY ACCEPT TRASH WHILE THE SHORE SWEEP SIGNS ARE IN PLACE. If you bring trash to any of these locations, please look for the signs posted and leave the debris close to the signs. Please DO NOT bring trash to these locations other times of the year.

Shore Sweep T-shirt Contest: Calling All Artists!

C’mon kids, this is your chance to be famous! The Lake Lanier Association invites you to enter an original drawing in its Annual Shore Sweep T-shirt design contest. The committee is looking for an original design which, if selected, will appear on hundreds of t-shirts awarded to the volunteers at Shore Sweep 2012.

All entries must :

• Be an original work in color and show some aspect of Lake Lanier, above or below the waterline
• Measure no more than 8 1/2 x 11″
• Be an original design and not contain any copyright or trademark protected brand names
• Include the artist’s name, address and phone number
• Not contain any clip art or computer generated graphics.

Send by August 31, 2012 to:

T-Shirt Contest
Lake Lanier Association
615 F Oak St, # 100
Gainesville, GA 30501

What’s in it for you? The glory and the pride, of course — AND a $100 check. All decisions made by the Shore Sweep Committee will be final, and we will notify the winner by mail.