On Saturday, September 19, different groups of volunteers helped the Prospect Park Volunteer Corps clean the lake and approximately 3 miles of shoreline. Through ioby, Tami Johnson organized a group of volunteers on pedal boats that gathered debris from trash islands within the lake. From the entire day's work, here are the statistics.

62.5 bagfuls of litter/debris removed from around the shoreline and islands in the lake;

Approximately 1551 lbs. of Trash and Debris was removed!!
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Items picked up by a group of volunteers on Saturday September 19th include:

198 paper bags
703 plastic bags
47 balloons
403 plastic bottles
575 glass bottles
332 beverage cans
1067 caps/lids
51 clothing/shoe items
468 cups/plates/cutlery
438 food wrappers
71 pull tabs
39 six-pack holders
3 shotgun shells
54 straws/stirrers
62 toys
3 bait containers
2 bleach/cleaner bottles
3 buoys/floats
1 crab/lobster/fish trap
7 crates
9 pieces of fishing line
23 fishing lures/light sticks
4 nets
4 light bulbs
2 oil/lube bottles
7 tarps
23 pieces of rope
457 cigarette butts
33 cigarette lighters
55 cigar tips
51 tobacco wrappers
38 batteries
3 car parts
1 55 gal./ drum
21 condom/wrappers
7 diapers
7 tampons/applicators
2 BBQ grills
86 empty drug bags
1 knife, etc.

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