Former Ohio governor kicks off 'Adopt-A-Beach' here



Formed in 1970, the Alliance for the Great Lakes is the oldest independent citizens' organization in North America. Its mission is to conserve and restore the world's largest freshwater resource using policy, education and local efforts, ensuring a healthy Great Lakes and clean water for generations of people and wildlife. Former Ohio Governor Robert Taft served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Tanzania in the 1960's.

Former Ohio governor kicks off 'Adopt-A-Beach' here

Cleveland: Former Ohio governor kicks off 'Adopt-A-Beach' here

Posted By: Kim Wendel

Updated: 4/24/2009 4:07:50 PM
Posted: 4/24/2009 11:31:51 AM

CLEVELAND -- Former Ohio Governor Bob Taft was in Cleveland Friday, announcing the Alliance for the Great Lakes' Adopt-a-Beach initiative at Edgewater Park.

Taft was joined by April Mather, the Alliance's first Ohio Outreach coordinator, and Carol Ward, the Cleveland Lakefront State Park's naturalist.

Two groups of local beach adopters who piloted the Adopt-a-Beach program in Cleveland last year held a "beach clean-up" at Edgewater Park Friday morning.

Today's official launch of the seven-year-old Adopt-a-Beach program in Ohio solidifies Lake Erie as the fourth of the five Great Lakes to host the initiative, which now boasts more than 7,000 volunteers in five states, Taft said.

Formed in 1970, the Alliance for the Great Lakes is the oldest independent citizens' organization in North America.

Its mission is to conserve and restore the world's largest freshwater resource using policy, education and local efforts, ensuring a healthy Great Lakes and clean water for generations of people and wildlife.

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Headlines: April, 2009; RPCV Bob Taft (Tanzania); Figures; Peace Corps Tanzania; Directory of Tanzania RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Tanzania RPCVs; Politics; State Government; Ohio

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