Every year since 1989, volunteers scour countless miles of shoreline to collect numerous pounds of trash as part of the International Coastal Cleanup Day sponsored by the Ocean Conservancy. This year the cleanup falls on September 19. Be a part of this global volunteer effort by finding a cleanup site in your area below.

Find a cleanup site near you:

Ohio: Visit http://www.lakeerie.ohio.gov/Coastweeks/Coastweeks2009Events.aspx for a list of cleanups around the Lake Erie area in Ohio.

Pennsylvania: Visit http://www.goerie.com/coastalcleanup/ for a list of Lake Erie cleanups in Pennsylvania.

Ontario: Visit http://www.vanaqua.org/cleanup/home.php to find a cleanup site near you.

Michigan: Coming Soon

New York: Visit www.alsnyc.org or contact Barbara Cohen at ALSBeach@aol.comor 718-471-2166 to be directed to a local cleanup in New York. In southern Erie county, New York, contact Sharen Trembath at 716-549-4330 or trembath@bluefrog.com. In the Buffalo Niagara area: contact Kerri Bentkowski at kbentkowski@bnriverkeeper.orgor 716.852.7483 ext. 19. For more information visit http://www.bnriverkeeper.org/fbnr/membership/volunteer_form.htm.

For More Information on International Coastal Cleanup Day v isit www.coastalcleanup.org.