Forty volunteers cleaned up trash along Peachtree Creek during the April 8 “Sweep the Hooch” event. Organized by Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, the event draws hundreds of volunteers to pick up litter along 70 miles of the river and its tributaries. Photos by Phil Mosier.
Volunteers clean up a bank of the north fork of the Peachtree Creek around Corporate Boulevard on April 8 as part of the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper’s annual “Sweep the Hooch” event.
Volunteers Beth Intro and Ken Argot pull a mattress from the creek.
Jolie Intro, 12, finds trash to clean up.
Among the litter trucked away from the Peachtree Creek was an old printer with a tree growing out of it.