Make a difference! You're invited to join over 1,000 volunteers cleaning up along all 80 miles of the Charles, from its headwaters at Echo Lake to the Boston Harbor. MIT's group will meet at the Mass. Ave. Bridge (Cambridge side) at 9:30 a.m. and move upriver from there. Gloves and trash bags will be provided. All volunteers are invited to a complimentary, post clean-up luncheon celebration, from 12 PM to 2 PM, at Herter and Artesani Parks, located along Soldiers Field Road in Brighton and across from WBZ Channel 4 station -a 5-minute walk from the Harvard T stop.

Directions to Artesani Park (courtesy of Easter Seals)

For more information, contact Andrea Cohen of MIT Sea Grant, at 617-253-3461 or alcohen@mit.edu.

Organized by MIT Sea Grant, Charles River Conservancy, The Charles River Watershed Association, MASSPIRG, Charles River Stream Team, Senator Steven Tolman's Office, The Esplanade Association and the City of Newton