A Thank You from Chris Guptill

Written by Chris Guptill

To All Operation 9-2-99 Clean-Up Supporters:

 I would like to thank everyone who came out and participated in our latest river cleanup on February 27th to kick off year eight of Operation 9-2-99 and our first event of 2021.  This was our 65th clean up event and we were able to completely clean Gateway Park on the north side of the river.  We had 65 volunteers who helped collect 7 tires, removed 4 shopping carts, and removed 1 ton of garbage and material from the river area. Thanks once again to all the student volunteers they made a huge difference.      

Check out the totals from our 65 cleanups.  Here is a brand new wayfinding map of the Tuolumne River Regional Park and the Dry Creek and Tuolumne Riverside Trails that runs along our park, creek, and river for hiking, biking, running, and paddling.  It is a great place to recreate both in and along the Tuolumne River and it is open to recreation.  

Special thanks to Phil McKay with DFW Natural Resource Volunteer Program, the parks department for the bags and trash haul off, MPD for the prep work and support, Vicki Rice with the City of Modesto for recycling the tires, and Del Ambris with Cost Less Foods who helped return the shopping carts.  

We have a lot more work to do and we need as many volunteers and partners as we can get.   Spread the word via social media. Tell a friend, a family member, a church or club or classmate or team member, a neighbor, or a co-worker that we need them.  Direct them to the website at http://tinyurl.com/operation9-2-99  Have them sign up on the form to receive reminders via e-mail.  I hope to see people at our Saturday, March  13th, 2021 cleanup event as we continue to combat blight in our parks, waterways, and open spaces and promote recreation opportunities in its place.  Check out the details on the website or the links below to see the difference we are making.

Thank you,

Chris Guptill

Website - http://tinyurl.com/operation9-2-99