Thanks to all our groups, schools, and organizations who signed up for our annual Challenge Awards and River Partner Certifications! The waterways were the true winners of the day, but read below to see who earned their dirt on their shirt as they cleaned their streams!
Youth Challenges:
1st place Battle of the Bags (most bags of trash) – YWCA Teen Outreach Program – 63 bags
1st place Most Volunteers – Toledo Early College High School – 131 volunteers
1st place Awesome Effort (bags/ person) – Maumee Valley Country Day School – 2.54 bags/ person
Collegiate Challenges:
1st place Battle of the Bags (most bags of trash) – UT College of Pharmacy – 177 bags
1st place Most Volunteers – UT College of Pharmacy – 41 volunteers
1st place Awesome Effort (bags/ person) – UT Engineers Without Borders – 7.18 bags/ person
River Partner Certifications:
Watershed Warrior (50+ volunteers) – TECHS (131) and First Solar (102)
Stream Protector (10-29 volunteers) – Johns Manville (25), O-I (25), Civil and Environmental Consultants (19), Ohio EPA (16), UT Student American Fisheries Society (16), Hull Inc. (15), Lowe’s (14), Faurecia Clean Mobility (11), and Toledo Edison (10)
Creek Crusaders (1-9 volunteers) – Mannik & Smith Group (8)
