Clean Sweep LogoSeventh annual Canal Clean Sweep
set for April 20 – 22, 2012

The 7th annual Canal Clean Sweep is coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 20, 21 and 22, and we want you to be part of it! In recognition of Earth Day and in advance of the 188th consecutive navigation season on the NYS Canal System and the summer tourism season, the NYS Canal Corporation, in partnership with Parks & Trails New York and the Environmental Facilities Corporation is again encouraging community groups and municipalities to participate in this “spring cleaning” event along the Canal System and the Canalway Trail. Last year nearly 100 groups throughout the Canal Corridor, including municipalities, not-for-profit organizations, civic groups, and businesses, engaged in clean up and beautification activities. We are seeking your assistance in making the 2012 Canal Clean Sweep an even bigger success by coordinating your own activity! Whether it’s picking up litter and brush on lock grounds or in a local canal park, or helping to remove debris or restore a section of Canalway Trail, your event will give local volunteers an opportunity to work hand-in-hand with their neighbors and Canal Corporation employees to enhance and preserve this tremendous environmental, cultural and historic resource.

To recognize your group’s participation, the Canal Corporation and Parks & Trails New York will promote all events with statewide press releases and also will provide event organizers with press release templates to customize for local media. In addition, Parks & Trails New York will maintain a comprehensive listing of events taking place throughout the weekend here on our website. As in the past, organizing groups will receive free Canal Clean Sweep tee shirts and the Canal Corporation will provide trash bags and arrange for the disposal of collected and bagged trash.  Local groups will be expected to provide their own tools and work gloves.

Use our online registration form or request one by contacting Elijah Yearick at canalsweep@ptny.org or (518) 434-1583. The deadline for registering your event is March 2. To help you plan your event, you can review events held in 2011. 

Please note: To host an event on the Canal where the property is owned by the NYS Canal Corporation, your group must have a permit from the Canal Corporation in order to extend Workers Compensation coverage to volunteers. If you do not have one, we may be able to connect you with another group or municipality that does (or assist you with obtaining one). This requirement does not apply where the canal is owned by the local municipality, county or the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.

 

Directions to Complete On-line Registration

1) Click the link above.

2) Check that the form is compatibile with your browser by clicking the submit by email button at the bottom of the form.

If a dialog box opens, click cancel and proceed with step 3.

If a dialog box does not open, click cancel and save the file to your hard drive. Once saved, open it and proceed with step 3.

3) Fill out the form as necessary.

4a) If using Outlook, Eudora, or Mail click the “Submit by email button” in the lower right corner. Select the desktop email application option. Your form will attach itself to an email as an .xml file. The email will automatically be addressed to canalsweep@ptny.org.

4b) If using Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, or another website based email Click the “Submit by email button” in the lower right corner. Select web based email application. The program will save itself as an .xml file. Go to your email website, attach the file to an email, and submit it to canalsweep@ptny.org.

If these steps do not work, you can print out the completed form and mail or fax it to:

Elijah Yearick, Parks & Trails NY, 29 Elk St, Albany, NY 12207

Fax: 518-427-0067

Thank you for your interest in the NYS Canal System and Canal Clean Sweep!

  

 
     


  

   
           
 

29 Elk Street * Albany, NY 12207 * (ph) 518-434-1583 * (fax) 518-427-0067 * ptny@ptny.org
Parks & Trails New York is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization as defined by the IRS.