Canal Clean-up Day 2024
Thanks to all of our volunteers who made Canal Clean-up Day 2024 a great success.
The Friends of the Delaware Canal Clean-Up Day is scheduled for April 13, 2024. The entire 58.9-mile length of the Canal will get its annual spring cleaning through the efforts of Area Coordinators, Canal Tenders, and hundreds of volunteers.
This year we will focus on the Canal’s southern end, which can always use additional hands to help.
To volunteer, please fill out the form below to indicate the sections you would like to work. Or you can e-mail the Friends at friends@fodc.org or call our office at 215-862-2021. We will provide the Volunteer Coordinator with your information, and they will let you know where to meet, what to bring, and answer any questions that you may have.
In water clean-ups, where possible, are welcomed.
So, pull out your work gloves and come out on April 13 to get the Canal ready for the busy season. If you have a canoe or kayak, bring it along. The trash that accumulates on the berm side of the Canal (the side opposite the river) is most easily retrieved from a boat, and, sometimes, it’s the only way to get to it safely.
It is the hard work of all our volunteers on clean-up day and throughout the year who make this vital greenway a welcoming place for all. Please keep up the great work. And as always, individual clean-ups are welcome – anytime, anywhere.
Oh, and pictures. Don’t forget to send pictures.
Thanks, and see you on the towpath!
Delaware Canal Clean-Up Day Work Areas
Help is especially needed in the bold highlighted areas. Please fill out the form below or contact us via email to volunteer.
- Bristol Riverfront Park to Bristol Lagoon Park
- Bristol Lagoon to Green Lane
- Green Lane to Edgely Avenue
- Edgely Avenue to Levittown Shopping Center
- Levittown Shopping Center to Mill Creek Road
- Wheatsheaf Road to Tyburn
- Tyburn Road Detour South End to Conrail Tunnel
- Conrail RR Tunnel to Bridge Street