St. Clair Shores Waterfront Environmental Committee

Reflecting on an unforgettable day with the SCS Waterfront Environmental Committee! 🌊✨

Led by Erin, our I-94 Ramps Only Clean-Up event was a resounding success with 67 passionate volunteers—including 47 recruits, 11 officers, and 9 dedicated volunteers. 🫡

Together, we collected an inspiring 45 bags of trash, showing incredible community spirit and teamwork.

The recruits, engaging in community service projects before their training with the Michigan National Guard, exemplified dedication to both environment and nation.

Huge thanks to our outstanding team leaders Mark, Sharon, Cori, Councilman Vitale, Rick, Jay, Barbara, and Julia, as well as Heidi and Sarah for their invaluable support behind the scenes.

Here’s to many more impactful events ahead! 🌎💙

DM us to find out how you can be a part of this initiative of SCS Clean Ups!!

Congratulations to Adam and his wife Annie for making a splash 🌊 at the St. Clair Shores Farmers Market today, 6/23

They were eager to learn about what we do for our ecosystem and Adam scored big by winning our rain barrel raffle 🏆

Let’s congratulate these winners in the comments 📣⤵️

GVST Wellness presents Summer Solstice Community Drum Circle and Vendor Event

Meet the vendors 🎉

Pure Beauty & Wellness will be doing B12 shots and having giveaways for services such as Botox and peels!

Vendor shopping is open to the public!

Drum circle portion is ticketed! Includes ceremony, drum circle (drums provided) and vip goodie bags. A portion of every ticket sale goes toward St. Clair Shores Waterfront Environmental Committee . Tickets are limited so no guarantee we will have any left day of!

Thursday June 20th

5pm to 9pm

At the Jefferson Yacht Club

24504 Jefferson Ave, St Clair Shores, MI 48080

Register using link in bio 🎉

Part of Candice Miller’s tireless efforts in keeping sewage out of the lake. We’re excited to see Chapaton nearing completion!🌊

Massive underground project aims to protect Great Lakes from sewage runoff The upgraded sewer system will be able to store the water without flooding basements or discharging overflow into Lake St. Clair.

Cottrell Drain Water Sampling 🌎🌊

Yesterday morning we did water sampling at the Cottrell Drain in SCS - we invited Julie Arnone and her sons, Jaxson and Jameson, as well as Sharon’s daughter and granddaughter. They were such a big help!! 💙

We did collect a few Mayflies (fishflies), a tadpole, a small fish, a few snails, and various other bugs - we were only to collect for a 2 hour period. 🐌🐸🐛🪲

Of course, Jim was our leader - he has done this testing for quite a few years!!

We also did a saline test and answered the questions from the Clinton River Watershed “Adopt a Stream” program!

Always a fun time in our waters 🙌🏼

Native grasslands for the win!! 🌾

Be on the lookout for our event banners!👀They now have a QR code to encourage participants to register on-the-spot.📲Help our community preserve the beauty of our St. Clair Shores shoreline next month. Together, let’s make waves🌊 of change and keep our coast clean. Sign up now and be part of the solution.🙌🏼

🌅 The fun kicks off at 8:00 AM at Jefferson Yacht Club (JYC) with check-in, breakfast, and pep talks. After our clean-up, head back to JYC at noon for a Lake St. Clair bash!

🎈 We’ve got games, music, and yummy treats waiting for you. Don’t miss out!

🎯 We’ll be sprucing up:
- Veterans Memorial Park & Beach
- Blossom Heath Park, Beach, & Pier (brand new!)
- Chapaton Retention Basin shoreline (if construction allows)
- Homeowner Association beaches, shorelines, and canals

We love our lake and especially everyone who cares for and enjoys it!🌊🎣🐟

Jefferson Masonic Lodge #553 F&AM presented a $900 check to St. Clair Shores Parks and Recreation this morning at Blossom Heath Pier. Clinton Rice, junior deacon at the Lodge, says the purpose for the donation is to “purchase fishing poles and tackle for the kids of the city so they can experience the beautiful lake we have accessible to us.”

According to St. Clair Shores Parks and Recreation Event Director Henry Bowman, the fishing equipment will be ordered quickly and will be available within the next month or so for children to borrow while at the parks. The poles and tackle will be stored at the guard shacks at all the city’s lakefront parks — Blossom Heath, Lac Sainte Clair and Veterans Memorial.

“I’m just so excited that we’re going to set up this lending library where St. Clair Shores kids can go fishing,” says Bowman, who grew up in the city and has fond childhood memories of fishing in Lake St. Clair. The donation from the Lodge is extra special for Bowman, as his father was a member for many years.

For any questions regarding borrowing fishing equipment at the parks, call the SCS Parks and Recreation Dept. at (586) 445-5353.

📸: Scott Whiteman

L-R: Past Master Douglas Gettleson, Junior Deacon Clinton Rice, Junior Warden Larry Greiner, Henry Bowman, Past Master and Senior Deacon Ray Talley, and Michigan Masons Boards of General Purposes Derek Sale

🌊 Get ready to show some love to Lake St. Clair! 🌟

Check it out! 🌟 Link in bio! 📲
Share with a friend or local business ⬇️

Join our biggest eco-party of the year as we clean up our shores and beaches 💙💚

Since ‘96, we’ve had awesome volunteers (whether you’re from SCS or not!) and local businesses teaming up to keep our lake healthy. It’s a tradition! 🎉

Let’s raise awareness and keep our lake sparkling clean ✨

Learn about our water quality efforts and how you can help!

🌅 The fun kicks off at 8:00 AM at Jefferson Yacht Club (JYC) with check-in, breakfast, and pep talks. After our clean-up, head back to JYC at noon for a Lake St. Clair bash!

🎈 We’ve got games, music, and yummy treats waiting for you. Don’t miss out!

🎯 We’ll be sprucing up:
- Veterans Memorial Park & Beach
- Blossom Heath Park, Beach, & Pier (brand new!)
- Chapaton Retention Basin shoreline (if construction allows)
- Homeowner Association beaches, shorelines, and canals.

📣 Copies of the magazine will be available at drop spots by the middle of next week. Our main drop spots are the St. Clair Shores Public Library, City Hall, and St. Clair Shores Senior Center (50+). We will post here when the magazines have been dropped off. 🙌

Read about our annual coast clean-up in their recently published edition.🌊

Check out the Shores Happenings for April & May here or go to page 24 of the e-edition: https://tinyurl.com/3375z76w

*Delivery of the magazine begins next week.*

☀️👀Eye protection is especially required in Michigan because the sun will not be fully eclipsed.🫣

Safety protection key to viewing solar eclipse METRO DETROIT — A near total solar eclipse doesn’t occur often, but when it does happen there are safety precautions people must take to prevent eye damage and behold its true beauty.

Happy Spring! I know that my spirit was a little lighter on the day I noticed that green shoots had popped up in small clusters in my front flower beds. It always seems that they come out of nowhere — one day it’s just soil, then — p**f — a good 1 to 2 inches of hope is reaching toward the sun.

Our upcoming April/May issue goes off to the printer today. Within its pages, you’ll find a lot of people and places full of hope, particularly gardeners and those protecting the planet at the local level — Yardeners of St. Clair Shores, St. Clair Shores Community Garden, St. Clair Shores Waterfront Environmental Committee and a local couple who picks up bagfuls of trash on their daily walks.

I always love hearing people's stories, how so many are changing the world for the better — it always starts right in their own communities. Now that we are wrapping up the spring issue, I'm already hard at work on the June/July issue, which has a theme of Lake St. Clair & vacations/staycations. Reach out if you have a good story to tell about how you like to spend your summers, whether it's right here at home or at your favorite Michigan getaway: [email protected]

Thanks for your support.
Anna Swartz, editor

📸: Cyndi George, SCS Community Garden co-chair

We're building our 2024 community service program. Follow us on Eventbrite for our latest event updates! https://scswec.eventbrite.com

Open to all!🌊Our monthly public meetings allow residents to discuss and participate in local environmental issues and initiatives, share ideas, and make a difference for our beloved waterfront. We meet at the city library every third Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. and encourage your attendance. Your voice matters – let's work together for a cleaner, healthier waterfront!

🙌 The Feb/March e-edition of The Shores is here: http://tinyurl.com/3dh3zmu4 😍
Inside this issue:
🌟 Meet 10 Rockstar Women Volunteers
🌟 Girl Boss: Meet 6 Women Entrepreneurs
🌟 Top Wedding Portrait Spots in Metro Detroit
🌟 Interviews w/ Owners of Blue Goose & Comfortably Yours
And so much more!

📸: The cover features SCS resident Pamela Mason — one of the women volunteers making an impact in their city. (Photo/Scott Whiteman)

📣 Delivery of the magazine should begin next week — stay tuned!

🌱 Our Committee assisting Lakeview Public Schools with their recently awarded DTE Energy Foundation tree-planting grant.

Ardmore Elementary School celebrates grant with tree planting ST. CLAIR SHORES — The Ardmore Elementary Green Team, city officials and others celebrated receiving a DTE Energy Foundation tree-planting grant by planting trees.

⚠️Attention Students⚠️
We have scholarships available & the deadline for application submission is NEXT WEEK 💰💰

Easily apply right from our website: http://www.scswec.org/scholarships.html

DON'T WAIT!!!
DEADLINE is this upcoming Monday, November 20th!!

$500 Scholarships See how you can earn 1 of 3 $500.00 scholarships

Thank you, Sharon & to our dedicated volunteers for carrying out a magnificent native planting event this morning.

This rain garden can be found at Kyte Monroe - North Parking Lot - SouthEast Corner 💚

Check out the starting photo from 2.5 years ago in comments - share your thoughts!

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👉🏻 Visit us on the Web: http://www.scswec.org/
👉🏻 For Sponsorships, Marketing, More Info: contact Cori Champagne or (586)246-4282

🌱 Weeding out invasive vegetation🌱

"A bioswale is a landscape feature filled with native plants that channels stormwater runoff while removing debris and pollution. Often, as is the case at Kyte Monroe, bioswales are located next to non-porous surfaces such as a cement parking lot that will not absorb stormwater."

Waterfront Environmental Committee prepares for fall planting in St. Clair Shores Volunteers from the St. Clair Shores Environmental Committee spent two hours weeding and cleaning the Kyte Monroe bioswale on Saturday morning.

Today's SCS Farmers Market was another success!

Congratulations to Ruth, the winner of our rain barrel giveaway!

Thank you to our Sponsors, The LaParl Real-Estate Team for donating a Rain Barrel for today's drawing!

Thank you Erin Liberty JT LaParl & for your time & dedication in bringing the St. Clair Shores Waterfront Environmental Committee to the !

Thank you to the organizers + many organizations and businesses that make the Farmers Market possible -

We will see you next year with more giveaways!

Message or comment below for more info
👉🏻 Visit us on the Web: http://www.scswec.org/
👉🏻 For Sponsorships, Marketing, More Info: contact Cori Champagne or (586)246-4282

Join Us Tonight!
6:30p
SCS Library

⚓️️Monthly Meeting to discuss:
✅️2024 Events, Volunteer Opportunities
✅️Upcoming Annual Meeting
✅️Upcoming Farmer's Market / Sunday, September 24, 8 AM-2 PM
**Stop in & Learn How to Win a Rain Barrel**

Long-awaited updates to Chapaton Pumping Station. This improvement reduces combined sewage overflow events to our lake, protecting our water quality. Thank you, Candice Miller and Macomb County!

💦♻️Rain Barrel Benefits♻️💦
Key benefits of rain barrel implementation at your home:
1️⃣ Reduce roof rainwater runoff that would otherwise become stormwater runoff, filled with pollutants (e.g., soil, lawn fertilizer, pesticides, animal waste, etc.)
2️⃣ Lessen storm impact on flow rates to local drainage infrastructure
3️⃣ Minimize downspouts erosion that potentially poses a risk to house foundations
4️⃣ Save drinking water resources and expenses
5️⃣ Provide an excellent plant water source as it does not contain the chemicals or fluoride found in tap/city water
Visit www.scswec.org or City Hall to inquire about a rain barrel purchase for your home (available to St. Clair Shores residents & non-residents).
Proceeds support the St. Clair Shores Waterfront Environmental Committee projects and scholarship programs.

28th ANNUAL NAUTICAL COAST CLEANUP
Skip the wait at check in - Register Online NOW

Date: Sun, May 21, 8:00 AM

Location: Jefferson Yacht Club

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scswec-28th-annual-nautical-coast-cleanup-registration-499344281187

THANK YOU SPONSORS!
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