2024 Year in review for Riverkeepers Ohio

From designing our trash boom, getting it approved by ODNR at the beginning of the year, to coordinating with Summit Metro Parks, City of Akron, City of Norton; working with property owners for access, South Street Ministries and Ohio Erie Canalway Coalition, who help pull out some of the trash collected in the booms. Our Ward 9 Councilperson Tina Brode Boyes has been tremendous in helping me make connections and introducing me to people that may be able to help our mission.

We have been able to install 10 trash booms in the canal, Summit Lake, Mud Run and Wolf Creek, surveyed for additional booms, maintained existing booms and have recorded over 2 Tons trash, removed from our waterways.

I invite you to watch the video to see all that we have done this year.

We are pretty proud of what we have accomplished and even more excited for what is in store for 2025. THANK YOU for all your support, from following the RiverKeepersOhio page, giving a thumbs up, sharing our work with others, your encouragement, your suggestions, your donations (makes me smile to come home to a box of trash bags or a pick stick sitting at the front door), and so much more. It is ALL appreciated!

PS. I can’t forget to say ‘Thank you’ to Karen Freeman for all the help with creating our RiverKeepers Ohio Swag! In early 2025 Karen will be adding a shopping cart to our RiverKeepersOhio website for those who would like to order a t-shirt, sweatshirt, hoodie or a hat, to help us with the cost of supplies and maintaining the booms.