Received from People for Puget Sound:

Hundreds of volunteers are needed to work at nine
restoration sites along Seattle¹s Duwamish River at the semi-annual Duwamish
Alive! work day set for Saturday October 17.

³This is the last big volunteer outdoor event of the year and a great chance
for families to get out and pitch in to make our community and our hometown
river a better, healthier place,² said Dhira Brown, People For Puget Sound
Restoration Ecologist and event coordinator.

Over a thousand volunteers worked at 12 sites at the Duwamish Alive! Earth
Day in April weeding, mulching, planting and cleaning up. Volunteers are
provided tools, gloves, instructions, and refreshment. Work on October 17
begins at 10 AM and ends at 2 PM.

October work sites include: Herrings House Park, West Seattle Greenbelt,
Brandon Street Restoration Area, Gateway Park North, Roxhill Park, Hamm
Creek Estuary, Duwamish Riverbend Hill, and Codiga Farm. A cleanup work crew
using kayaks will also be organized.

For complete program information and instructions on how to sign up for work
crews, go to www.duwamishalive.org.

The Duwamish Alive! Coalition includes the following organizations:

Alki Kayak Tours | Cascade Land Conservancy | CleanScapes | City of Seattle
| City of Tukwila | Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition | EarthCorps | Edwards
Mother Earth Foundation | Elliott Bay Restoration Panel | Environmental
Coalition of South Seattle | EOS Alliance | U. S. Environmental Protection
Agency | Friends of Duwamish Riverbend Hill | Green/Duwamish and Central
Puget Sound Watershed Forum of Local Governments | Green Seattle
Partnership | Georgetown Community Council | IM-A-PAL Foundation | King
County | King Conservation District | Longfellow Creek Watershed Council |
Nature Consortium | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | People
For Puget Sound | Port of Seattle | REI | Restore America¹s Estuaries |
Seattle Parks and Recreation | Veterans Conservation Corps | Washington
State Department of Ecology.