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ront 118W <br /> if:41 <br /> EPGEtiE _ <br /> c <br /> May 31, 2002 <br /> CONTACT: <br /> • Lorna Baldwin, coordinator, Eugene Stream Team, 682-4850 (office), 913-1292 (cell <br /> phone for the day of event only and not for release) <br /> • Therese M. Picado, public information specialist, Eugene Parks and Open Space, 682- <br /> 4814 <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> EUGENE STREAM TEAM AND LOCAL RADIO STATIONS HOST <br /> 11TH ANNUAL AMAZON APPRECIATION DAY <br /> Eugene Stream Team, KZEL 96.1, KNRQ 97.9, and KUGN 590 invite the Eugene <br /> community to help clean up Amazon Creek this Saturday, June 1, at the 11th Annual Amazon <br /> Appreciation Day. The kick-off begins at 9 a.m. at Patterson Elementary School, 1510 W. 15th <br /> Avenue in Eugene. Volunteers will receive work instructions, directions to sites, equipment, and <br /> snacks. At 10 a.m., work will begin at several sites along the creek, including Jiffy Mart on East <br /> Amazon, 33rd and East Amazon, the running trail at 24th and Hilyard, Oakpatch Road and <br /> r Amazon Creek, and Patterson Elementary. Volunteers will reconvene at Patterson School at <br /> 12:15 p.m. for lunch, which is provided by event sponsors. <br /> Amazon Appreciation Day began in the early 1990s when there were no formal <br /> resources or efforts dedicated to the clean up of the creek. In 1994, Eugene Stream Team <br /> became involved and began recruiting neighborhood groups, service organizations, businesses, <br /> and agencies to adopt segments of the creek and initiate specific clean up and restoration <br /> projects. In recent years, 100 to 200 people have participated in the event, depending on the <br /> weather. <br /> "Work is love made visible," says Stream Team Coordinator Lorna Baldwin. "Every year <br /> people come out to show appreciation for the creek at this event." Baldwin also adds that <br /> groups, such as Southeast, Jefferson-Westside and Farwest neighbors, Satre Associates, <br /> Eugene Metro Rotary, and Lane Council of Governments, sponsor projects at the creek <br /> throughout the year. <br /> For more information about Amazon Appreciation Day and other Stream Team projects, <br /> call 682-4850 or e-mail lorna.j.baldwin@ci.eugene.or.us. <br />