McMinnville’s Breakfast Rotary Club and Friends of Our River will be holding the fourth annual River Ride and Clean Up next Saturday, July 23 from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.In the last three years, the event has pulled well over 11.5 tons of garbage and debris from the two-mile stretch from Pepper Branch to Rocket Park.Registration and breakfast will begin at 7:30 a.m. at Pepper Branch Park where participants can sign a release and register for lunch. The float will begin with the first group leaving at 8 a.m., and the last group leaving at 9:30 a.m. The float will end at Rocket Park by 2 p.m., and lunch will be provided for all volunteers at noon.Breakfast Rotary will provide life jackets, rubber gloves, bags etc. Canoes are being provided by the Boy Scouts, Robert Oaks Adventures, and Friends of Our River. Organizers ask if volunteers have a canoe, kayak, life jacket or horse, to please bring them.This year Breakfast Rotary will be making the river clean-up a part of a special green weekend with a number of activities designed for the environmentally conscious family.
River cleanup project set for this Saturday