2021 Charles River Cleanup on the Esplanade Saturday, April 24, 2021 10am to 12pm Join us for this year’s Charles River Cleanup on the Esplanade! Promote a sense of camaraderie and teamwork The Charles River Cleanup is annually the biggest amongst your employees while simultaneously volunteer cleanup event for the Esplanade promoting park stewardship and giving back to the Association, usually bringing between 400 local community through this year’s Charles River and 600 volunteers. Due to current volunteer Esplanade Cleanup! The 2021 Charles River Cleanup restrictions and guidelines set by both the CDC and on the Esplanade will take place on Saturday, April Massachusetts Department of Conservation and 24 from 10am to 12pm. Recreation, the number of volunteer participants in this year’s Charles River Earth Day Cleanup on Volunteering on the Esplanade this spring will the Esplanade will be limited to 150 people, further look similar to how we ran our volunteer days on divided into physically distant groups located at the Esplanade in fall 2020. We heard nothing but different volunteer project sites on the Charles River positive feedback from our volunteers last fall, Esplanade. who enjoyed spending time with their co-workers out on the Esplanade in a safe, physically-distant, Corporate group sizes will be limited to 25 people and rewarding setting. We adjusted our volunteer per site, with the option to bring more than one program to adhere to public health guidelines set group of 25 people on the Esplanade. Coordinating by the CDC and state park guidelines set by the the Charles River Cleanup has both operational and Massachusetts Department of Conservation and material costs for the Cleanup’s program partners. Recreation (DCR) on volunteering in the park during Because of this, we ask our corporate and for-profit the time of COVID-19. volunteer groups to support our management of this great event with a tax-deductible donation to the The 2021 Charles River Cleanup on the Esplanade organization hosting your work site. This mandatory is part of this year’s 22nd Annual Charles River fee is based on the size of your group. Cleanup, a collaborative cleanup effort along the Charles River organized by the Esplanade The suggested donation rates for corporate/ Association, Charles River Watershed Association, institutional groups participating in the 22nd Charles Charles River Conservancy, the Massachusetts River Cleanup are: Department of Conservation and Recreation, • Groups of 10 to 25 = $1,500 Emerald Necklace Conservancy, and Waltham Land Trust. In 2016 and 2017, the Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup was recognized by American Rivers for the Most Volunteers Mobilized in the U.S. YEARS 575 Boylston Street, Suite 4R, Boston, MA 02116 | 617-227-0365 | [email protected] 2021 Volunteer Day Health and Safety Guidelines • A maximum of 25 volunteers are permitted per volunteer project • Volunteer events will take place for two hours • All participants are required to wear a face mask or covering throughout the entire volunteer project. • Participants must adhere to social distancing guidelines of at least six feet between individuals. • Participants must virtually sign the DCR Volunteer in the Parks Release Form and The Esplanade region of the Charles River Cleanup Esplanade Association Volunteer usually has between four and six cleanup sites Participation Waiver prior to arrival at along the Esplanade to accommodate volunteers volunteer day. while maximizing park trash removal. • Participants are encouraged to bring their Below is the list of the five cleanup areas we are own snacks and drinks as EA will not be considering for Saturday, April 24, 2021: able to provide snacks or drinks of any kind including water. 1. Longfellow Bridge Area (Blue) • Covers area from the back of the Hatch Shell to the eastern end of the park to Charlesbank Playground 2. Hatch Shell Area (Green) If you are interested in bringing a group to • Covers area from front of Hatch Shell to the volunteer on the Esplanade for this year’s 22nd Dartmouth Street Comfort Station on both the Charles River Cleanup, please submit our 2021 Storrow side and island side of park Esplanade Cleanup Group Request Form. 3. Dartmouth Street Footbridge Area (Yellow) If you have any questions regarding this year’s • Covers area from Dartmouth Street Comfort cleanup or volunteering on the Esplanade, contact Station to Mass. Ave Bridge Marketing & Events Coordinator, Emma Feeney, at [email protected]. 4. Mass. Ave Bridge Area (Orange) • Covers area from Mass. Ave Bridge to Exercise course (closest to Silber Way Footbridge) 5. Exercise Course Area (Red) • Covers area from Exercise Course/Silber Way Footbridge to B.U. Bridge YEARS 575 Boylston Street, Suite 4R, Boston, MA 02116 | 617-227-0365 | [email protected].