A past Little Harpeth River clean up team. This year's event takes place Feb. 26.

Annual event planned Feb. 26 this year
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The Rotary Club of Brentwood is organizing the fourth annual Harpeth River cleaning on Saturday, Feb. 26.

Rotary is searching for civic groups, businesses, neighborhoods, or other citizens to volunteer to clean portions of the Little Harpeth as it flows through Brentwood. The river winds through the city for 10 miles.

The Environmental Projects Committee of the Rotary Club of Brentwood has divided the river into manageable sections.

Groups will meet at the Williamson County Indoor Sports Complex (off Concord Road near the WSM tower) to register for the cleanup at 9 a.m.

Trash bags, safety vests and trash removal gear will be provided by Keep Williamson Beautiful. Volunteers will have the rest of the day to remove debris and collect unwanted trash along the shoreline.

Rotarians will be on hand to provide assistance and dispose of the trash at the end of the cleanup.

 “The Little Harpeth River has been an integral part of Brentwood, since Native Americans settled around it thousands of years ago,” said Skip Heibert, chair of the Rotary’s Environmental Projects Committee Chair Skip Heibert.

“Members of our Rotary Club have been concerned about the health of the Little Harpeth River, so we decided to orchestrate this effort for a fourth year to clean its banks. Last year 91 volunteers removed 2,190 pounds of trash from our stretch of the river. This service project had a direct benefit to all Brentwood citizens as well as our neighbors downstream.”

Interested volunteers should contact Heibert at 615-812-0190. For club information, visit  http://www.brentwoodrotary.org . The motto of Rotary International is “Service Above Self.”