Second annual Wilcox County Summer Cleanup

Join us in the second annual Wilcox County Summer Cleanup. We join the
citizens of Wilcox County—home of Camden and Gees Bend, where the
famous quilters ply their craft—to help them with their goal of making
the county the "cleanest in Alabama.' Our paddling contingent uses
grabbers and plastic bags to unlitter the river banks while scouts,
grandmothers, church groups and many other pick up the byways,
highways, and sidewalks throughout the county.

After the pickup ends at noon, there will be a cookout held for the
entire group which any of our participants are welcome to attend. Or,
you're welcome to piddle or paddle around Roland Cooper State Park
where our crew will be camped. Our job this year is to launch from the
Park and pick up the banks of nearby areas.

We've worked with Park Manager Mickey Luker (334 682 4838) for a
discount on our campsites, the only thing you'll have to pay for
(besides some of your food). The half-price deal puts us in a
primitive campsite for $7.50 a night or one with electricity and water
(read on for details about downloading the coupon you'll need). The
primitive sites are closer to the river (you can launch a boat from
some of them) and the developed sites are closer to bath and showers.
There are two ramps and several piers in the park.

The discount is good for Friday night before the cleanup and Saturday
night after the cleanup.

Every effort will be made to put our crew together in contiguous
campsites. To help with this and to get your campsite discount,
download, print and present this Campsite Coupon. The people on duty
do not purport to have powers of mental telepathy; the only way they
will know you are with us is to tell them.


Directions to the park can be found here.

Saturday night at 7:00 we will gather for a dutch treat dinner at
Gainsridge Dinner Club. The meal here was certainly the hit of last
year's goings-on. Those who don't wish to attend the dinner are
welcome to hang back and paddle or camp at Roland Cooper State Park.

If you can, arrive early on Friday and attend ASRT's quarterly meeting.

The Alabama Scenic River Trail's Quarterly Meeting will be held at
2:00, Friday, July 30th at the Ferry Terminal Building of the Gees
Bend Ferry. The Ferry Terminal is located one mile west of the Camden
Bypass where Highway 10 intersects Highway 28. This intersection is
where Hardees and Piggly Wiggly are located. Head west from here on 28
towards Millers Ferry Campground for one mile. The Ferry Terminal is
on the right at the intersection of Earl Hilliard Road and Highway 28.

After the meeting we'll make plans to travel to Thomasville where we
will be treated to dinner at 7:00 at the mid-town home of ASRT vice
president Linda Vice. If the weather allows, we will stroll historic
Thomasville on a walking tour conducted by Linda. We'll return to the
campground in time for a decent night's sleep before next morning's
cleanup call.