Last Call For Murray’s Fly Shop 50th Bash!

Alright folks,

Thought I would send out one last cal out for those of you who may not have gotten your tickets yet or are unsure about what your plans are today. The Fly Shop’s 50th Bash is at 4:00 today right in the middle of Edinburg. The admittance fee is only $15 and that includes free dinner from Sals Italian Bistro, Live music by the Shakedown Bans, Complementary Drinks and a whole lot of other fun things. Once again, all the proceeds from this great event go towards Earth Korps for their continued support of cleaning the river. They have gotten awesome shirts printed up for the event that will be for sale on site. This is sure to be a great time so come on down and have some fun with us!

-Captain

Link for Riverfest Tickets

For those of you that aren’t familiar with the website or are not a part of Facebook. Here is the link to both post to your website or to purchase tickets for the Riverside Festival.

http://shepherdsford.corecommerce.com/Shenandoah-Riverside-Festival/

-Captain

River Clean Sunday 4/15/12 10:00 A.M.

Hey all,

Make sure you come join us for this weeks river clean. We are going to meet at Redbanks Bridge in Edinburg. There are two spots right in that area that need a lot of attention so come on out at  join us for a little fun in the sun. See you there.

700 pounds pulled from river

 

Hey folks,

Just got back tallying everything up. Looks like our first clean yielded 700 pounds. Not too bad. This includes 10 tires, 10 bags of recyclables, a canoe seat and a propane tank. Make sure you make it out to the next one to experience the fun on the river. If you like what we’re doing make sure to buy your riverfest ticket so we can keep up this work. Thanks to all who support the cause.

-Captain

Headliner Announcement for Riverfest 2012

Hey folks,

for all of you wondering we are looking to have tickets for the 2012 Shenandoah Riverside Festival for sale starting March first. Be sure to get them ahead of time to early bird pricing. By the way did you hear about one of our headliners, Rhonda Vincent, she’s a small town award winning bluegrass singer. If you haven’t heard of her, then you don’t listen to bluegrass. This year is going to be crazy folks we are going to feature many other non-profits aswell as Earth Korps. So come on down to Watermelon Park  June15-17th to have a big time with us and keep your earrs open because we’re announcing more bands soon.

-Captain

Change of Address

Hello Folks,

Earth Korps has finally taken a move ,but no worries we have a new address. Don’t be shy send us a letter or something. Our new mailing address is P.O. Box 93 Edinburg Va, 22824. We’ll see you soon. 

Adopt a highway

Hey everyone! Just thought I would put up a picture of one of our 4 lovely signs that are up now. Hopefully our adopt a river signs come in soon. Keep your eyes open for them and don’t forget Give to the Max day.

1,540 Unmeasured Pounds of River Scrap Today

Hey Folks,

We’ve been busy bees here lately trying to do our best to take advantage of the nice weather and get as much river work done as possible. Along with news of our river clean this Saturday which anyone is allowed to join we have some snap shots of a pile of river trash that has been gathering in my yard for a while now. We have just had the great fortune of someone opening up a scrap yard right beside our landfill so now we can truely get rid of our whole haul and get the best weight measurement possible. I hope you enjoy the photos of our trip and I hope you come out and clean with us sometime. Anyone is welcome and it’s a great time. Keep reading, keep supporting!

-Captain

870 Pounds From Front Royal

 

Hello everybody,

We had a great clean today and decided to venture over to Front Royal for a much needed clean around what used to be Riverton Dam. It was a tedious process removing mostly old glass blottles, catfood cans, and derelect fishing line that scoured the banks like root systems, but we put the time into it and got it done. We had and end weight of 870 pounds of trash including 7 tires, 10 bags of trash another 55 gallon drum and a state barrel. Not bad for a days pull with just two guys. So by all means enjoy our photos and stay tuned for more action in the Shenandoah River Clean-up Project.

-Captain

Thank you Merck!

Hey everybody,

This is your captain speaking. I am pleased to let you know that we have had a game changing  thing happened to us. A few months ago I had applied for a 25,000.00 grant through Merck and low and behold we got the thing. So that being said we all should jump up and down a few times and give a hearty thank you to the good people at Merck for helping us to clean our beautiful river up. Thanks guys and gals, and thank you to all who support the Shenandoah River Clean-up Project.

On another note we got to do a clean with friends ( of the North Fork) this Saturday and although we showed up a little later than the crack of dawners and cannot hardly take credit for what was accomplished there we did help out as much as we could and also thought we would share some pretty cool pictures taken while on the clean. Good job everyone and keep up the good work.

-Captain