Water Media Alert: (HQ): EPA's Urban Waters Service Day to Mark End of President Obama's United We Serve Summer of Service

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August 31, 2009

EPA’s Urban Waters Service Day to Mark End of President Obama’s United We Serve Summer of Service
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced it would mark the end of President Obama’s Summer of Service by holding an Urban Waters Service Day on September 12, 2009. EPA employees will join the Anacostia Watershed Society in cleaning up the Anacostia River and volunteers from the community are invited to participate in the cleanup.

United We Serve is President Obama’s national call to service, challenging all Americans to engage in sustained, collaborative, and focused service in their communities. United We Serve is led by the Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency that improves lives and strengthens communities through volunteering and service. For more information, visit http://www.serve.gov


WHO:               EPA and the Anacostia Watershed Society

WHAT:             Urban Waters Service Day

WHEN:             Saturday, September 12, 2009 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

WHERE:           Bladensburg Waterfront Park
                        4601 Annapolis Road
                        Bladensburg, Md.


VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITES: Please contact Jim Connolly jim@anacostiaws.org, Brandon Wallace wallace.brandon@epa.gov or Bernice Smith smith.bernicel@epa.gov  for more information. You may also sign up or register your group at the serve.gov Web site at:   http://myproject.serve.gov/public/OpportunityDetail.aspx?projectId=13831&subProjectId=4836493
or go to http://www.allforgood.org and search for Urban Waters.


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