Sunday, September 11th marked the 17th Annual Lake Travis Underwater and Shoreline Cleanup, a community-wide event that rids Lake Travis of tons of debris and waste each year. Nearly 850 local dive volunteers, shoreline volunteers, and event volunteers gathered for the largest scuba diving and shoreline cleanup in Texas. Volunteers collected tons of trash from 19 different dive sites around Lake Travis while also helping to raise public awareness of the importance of Lake Travis and the Highland Lakes. This year’s drought made the cleanup especially important as low lake levels exposed huge amounts of trash on the shorelines. After the cleanup, volunteers were invited to enjoy food and fun at the thank-you party at Carlos n Charlie’s, complete with door prizes from our generous sponsors.
Click here to check out the photos from the 2011 17th Annual Cleanup!
Stay tuned to our website for next year’s cleanup scheduled to take place on September 9th, 2012.
Interested in sponsorship opportunities? For more information about how to publicize your business by participating as a sponsor or donating a door prize, please contact Melissa Miller at melissa@coloradoriver.org or call 498-1587.
A special thank you to our volunteers for making the cleanup a success and to our sponsors for their generosity and support this year.
