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Volunteers sought for Clean the Bay Day

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is seeking volunteers for this year’s Clean the Bay Day, to be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 2, at hundreds of sites all across the bay.

Local sites will be in Hayes with Crown Pointe Marina and on Gwynn’s Island with Bay Country Kayaking.

Clean the Bay Day is an outdoor, hands-on opportunity for individuals, families, businesses, civic organizations, churches, and other groups to join CBF and its partners and sponsors to remove harmful litter and debris from waterways as part of the one of the largest programs in Virginia, said a press release.

Since 1989, Clean the Bay Day has engaged over 152,000 volunteers, who have removed approximately 6.4 million pounds of debris from nearly 7,390 miles of shoreline in Virginia, said the release.

Zone captains are still needed to organize specific locations and ensure a safe and successful cleanup. They arrive earlier than volunteers, collect signatures and other documentation, answer qu...

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