We’re looking ahead to spring – and we hope you’ll save Saturday, May 6, to join the 12th Annual Riverkeeper Sweep, our annual day of service for the Hudson. With your help, we aim to reach new communities, engage new volunteers, and restore additional stretches of shoreline. Is there a location in your community in need of cleanup, removal of invasive plants, or another type of restoration project? Check out last year’s Riverkeeper Sweep locations, and if you have a location in mind that’s not on our 2022 map, let us know.

Last year we worked at 124 locations, and we can’t wait to do it again. Will you join us on Saturday, May 6, and be part of a service project for the Hudson River and its tributaries?

Here are ways to get involved:

• Organize a project. Interested in leading a project at a park or shoreline in your community? Submit the Sweep Leader Interest Form and we will reach out with more information about organizing your own project.

• Suggest a location. Is there a park or shoreline in your community in need of a cleanup? Submit a Prospective Community Cleanup Locations Form to let us know of any areas that are overrun with litter or invasive plants.

• Volunteer. Interested in pitching in? Submit the Volunteer Interest Form to receive updates about volunteering, locations and logistics.

• Be a sponsor. Do you own a business interested in helping restore the Hudson River? Email kleung@riverkeeper.org for more information about sponsoring the 2023 Riverkeeper Sweep.

Over the last 11 years, Sweep leaders have completed 1,074 service projects, bringing together thousands of volunteers across NYC and the Hudson Valley to clean up 324 tons of debris and plant or maintain 6,171 native plants. This incredible effort is made possible by the generosity of our members, sponsors, and supporters. If you would like to support the continued growth of the Riverkeeper Sweep, please consider supporting our work with a donation.