Volunteers Needed to 'Sweep the Creek'

This fall’s Sweep the Creek stream clean-up, organized by Friends of Sligo Creek, will be held on Sept. 29 from 9-11 a.m. and Sept. 30 from 1-3 p.m. Sept. 29 is also National Public Lands Day. More than 170,000 volunteers nationwide are expected to participate.

There are three Sweep the Creek locations in the Wheaton area:

University to Dennis Ave: Whitehall Bridge, a short distance up from the Dennis Ave. Recreation Center. From the parkway at Dennis, drive north past the Dennis Recreation Center to the middle bridge over Sligo Creek. (The bridge path connects Gridley Lane/Sligo Middle School fields to the west, and Whitehall/Tenbrook to the east.) There's a small parking turnout along the parkway that will be readily visible.

Upstream from University Sunday, Sept 30, from 1-3pm: Kemp Mill Shopping Center at the intersection of Arcola Ave. and Lamberton Dr. Meet between Giant Food and the foot path.

Wheaton - Glen Haven Park. From Beltway take Georgia Ave north 1 mile. Right on Windham Lane which dead-ends at the park.

See the Sweep the Creek map for more details.

Also on Patch: A video of volunteers who participated in Sweep the Creek two years ago.