Dear Paddlers,
The Armand Bayou Trash Bash will not have trash pickup from the water. See the following message from Ms Emily Ford.
I will check to see if Oyster Creek will have need of our boating services. Get back to you Thursday evening.
Sincerely Christy Long
Armand Bayou Trash Bash is moving locations
Harris County Precinct 2 has made the decision to continue to keep Bay Area Park closed through the weekend and thus cancelled our use of the park for the March 30th Trash Bash event. If you have questions about why the park is closed, please contact the Harris County Precinct 2 at (713)-455-8104.
Therefore, we are now going to host the Armand Bayou Trash Bash at the Pasadena Municipal Fairgrounds. Buses will be transporting volunteers from the fairgrounds to land-based cleanup locations around Armand Bayou, then bringing you back to the fairgrounds for lunch and prizes. Please see the attached document for address and directions to the Pasadena Fairgrounds.
***BOATERS, KAYAKERS AND CANOERS – due to this change, we no longer have an in-water cleanup effort available at our location, just on-foot. Please contact the following sites/locations to see if they can take on additional boaters/kayakers/canoers:
Dickinson Bayou site: Julie Masters, (713) 501-2225 or mayor@ci.dickinson.tx.us
Oyster Creek site: Matt Neff, (937) 216-6292 or msneff@olinbc.com
For those of you who were hoping to stay at the park to clean, we will try to do a little cleanup work around the fairgrounds as well. Those with young children can stay at the fairgrounds to clean or hop on the bus that takes families to Clearlake High School to clean.
Before attending the Trash Bash event, please follow instructions and tips below:
- FILL OUT AND BRING THE TRASH BASH WAIVER (ATTACHED) - This must be signed by all participants, and adult legal guardians must sign for their minor (under age 18) participants. Fill out the form and bring the completed form with you on the day of the event at check-in.
- ARRIVE ON TIME – Late arrivals will not be able to board buses to clean, and will have to stay at the Pasadena Fairgrounds to clean.
- KNOW WHERE TO GO
Meetup/check-in Location
- Meet at the Pasadena Fairgrounds at 7902 Fairmont Pkwy, Pasadena, TX 77505, and drive to the back of the property to park (near where the strawberry festival and rodeo arena area).
- PLEASE CARPOOL – park near the rodeo arena
- Registration/check-in is at the rodeo arena.
- PREPARE FOR THE DAY
What will you be doing?
You and or your group will be given materials to help pick-up trash and recyclable waste at set locations around the Armand Bayou waterway (land-based clean-up on foot). Buses at the Pasadena Fairgrounds will take volunteer groups to various locations to conduct clean-ups (unless you wish to stay at the fairgrounds to clean). There will be a leader at each location that the buses drop you off at. The buses will take all groups back to the fairgrounds for lunch around 11:15 a.m. More information on the buses, locations where they go, etc. will be available at the check-in area of the fairgrounds on the day-of the event, and our event helpers will aid in choosing the best bus/location for your group.
What to bring/wear
- Sun protection (hat, sunglasses, sunscreen)
- Insect bite prevention (insect repellent)
- Clothing comfortable for the outdoors and the weather (check the weather before the event)
- Close-toed shoes (tennis shoes, boots, etc.)
- REFILLABLE WATER BOTTLE
- Your completed Trash Bash registration/waiver forms for all participants
What we provide
- Trash bags and bags for collecting recyclable materials
- Gloves
- Very limited number of trash grabbers (first come, first served)
- Water (BRING YOUR REFILLABLE WATER BOTTLE)
- Lunch (hot dogs, chips, cookies, Gatorade and water)
- Some extra sunscreen and insect repellent
- Some extra hand sanitizer
- Restrooms on-site at the fairgrounds
- Scout patches at lunch for scout groups only (given out at lunch)
- Official trash bash t-shirt for all participants (given out at lunch)
- Certificate of hours for any who require that documentation (given out at lunch)
- Opportunity to win prizes at lunch during our raffle
- Entertainment at lunch – DJ
- Educational exhibits – PENDING due to location change