GETTING BACK TO CLEAN WATERWAYS ONE Paddle stroke at a time
EVENTS 2025 ...Protecting the Planet Together
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2025 Land Cleanup Schedule
January 5th, Forge Pond, Brick (Rain or snow date/January 12th)
January 19th, Assunpink, Robbinsville (Rain or snow date/ January 26th)
February 2nd, Old Bridge Waterfront Park at Paul’s Beach (Rain or snow date/February 9th)
February 16th, Prospertown Lake, Jackson (Rain or snow date/February 23rd)
March 2nd, Shark River (seaview at shark river island) (Rain or snow date March 9th)
March 16th, Asbury Park (Northend, dog beach) (Rain or snow date March 23rd)
March 30th, Sandy Hook Parking Lot C (Rain or snow date, April 6th)
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2025 Waterway Cleanup Schedule
April 13th, Lake Carasaljo, Lakewood (Rain date April 19th)
April 27th, Lake Shenandoah, Lakewood (Rain date, May 4th)
May 10th, Deerhead Lake, Lanoka Harbor (Rain date, May 18th)
May 25th, Deal Lake, Asbury Park (Rain date, June 1st)
June 8th, Prospertown Lake, Jackson, NJ (Rain date, June 14th)
June 22nd, Stone Tavern Lake, Upper Freehold (Rain date, June 29th)
July 6th, Shadow Lake, Middletown (Rain date, July 13th)
July 20th, Lake Lefferts, Matawan (Rain date, July 27th)
August 3rd, Stone Tavern Lake, Allentown (Rain date, August 10th)
August 17th, Horicon Lake, Lakehurst (Rain date, August 24th)
August 31st, Success Lake, Jackson (Rain date, September 7th)
September 14th, Wreck Pond, Spring Lake (Rain date, September 21st)
September 28th, Rising Sun Lake, Roosevelt (Rain date, October 5th)
October 12th, Natco Lake, Union Beach (Rain date, October 19th)
October 26th, The Toms River, Toms River (Rain date, November 2nd)
November 9th, Deal Lake, Asbury Park (Rain date, November 16th)
Land Cleanup wrapping up 2025
November 23rd, Keswick Lake, Manchester (Rain date, November 30th)
December 7th, Sandy Hook Parking lot C (Rain or snow date, December 14th)
December 21st, Forge Pond, Brick (Rain or snow date, December 28th)
Welcome to Stroke your ECO/Paddle for the Planet
Stroke your ECO gets out into the NJ waterways by vessel (kayak, canoe and/or paddle board) extracting anything from plastic bottles, to tires, barrels, furniture or whatever else presents itself that doesn't belong. All items are properly disposed of to ensure a clean environment for the inhabitants of our beautiful lakes, rivers and oceans.
The purpose behind this initiative is to help clean out the litter that makes up 60% of all pollution in our waterways. Not only is it a sight for sore eyes, it also affects our wildlife, such as birds, fish, turtles and other wildlife. Choking, suffocating and disabling these members of our ecosystem due to human behavior has got to be rectified and taken care of once and for all and that's what we do.
PLEASE DON'T LITTER
and to participate in a cleanup check the EVENTS box up top!
Help the fight!
Hey everyone, thank you first and foremost for visiting my page. I appreciate all the support. This has been quite the journey thus far and with a little bit of your help I can continue on fighting the good fight and get these waterways cleaned up. Any donation will help offset the cost of tools, such as grabbers, bags, gloves, and eventually kayaks to get more people out that want to contribute. Once again thank you for your support from the bottom of my heart!
Photo Gallery Slideshow
Fletcher Lake on the border of Ocean Grove and Bradley Beach
One person/One hour...Where are the townships?
Rick is always helping others!
Forge Pond...Over 300 plastic bottles, junk and tires oh my!
Fully loaded with lawn furniture. Nice stuff too! :)
Partial volunteer crew forge Pond 10/3/21
The others were continuing the hunt...unfortunately you do't have to hunt too hard!
There are no words for this guy! He stuns me every time!
Old Bridge Beach cleanup...25 to 30 bags fully filled. This is a problem!
Shrewsbury River Crew of volunteers! Amazing People!
Matt is always bringing in odd ducks!
Deal Lake round 4
Forge Pond crew!
The Wildcats got it done down at Deerhead Lake in Lacey township
Matt is just a go getter!
Leisure Paddle no more!
Shark River Neptune City
Happy to Help the Planet!
Nothing is too big! We get it all!
Perrieneville Lake, Millstone Township Solo trip
Amazing work!
Nicol giving up her hard earned alone time to volunteer! You rock!
Dahlia is just a high spirited rock star!
Earth's little harmless creatures live among this, in this or beside this
Over Easy to pick up your trash and dispose of it
Volunteering Prime Example
Jeremy from Paddle Time Kayaks hauling in wooden steps that must have broke off during a storm. Amazing work!
This was all pulled from Deerhead Lake, including the chair and the pool ladder
John pulling up yet one more tire
Rick in Beast mode
One hour solo trip = 4 bags of garbage pulled from Shark River
Fully Loaded at Deal Lake
Todd and piper Setting sail to clean up more debris out on Shark River
That was a doozey to haul in!
Solo trip out on the Shrewsbury River, Land and River cleanup
Todd was my hero this day! He did an incredible job!
Very first meetup event and the results were eye and heart opening. So much trash, but so much gratitude for such amazing people that came out to volunteer.
Solo trip over at Perrieneville Lake, Millstone township
Another day over at Forge Pond
Let's start using our light to make some change
Solo trip and I did everything in my power to get this tire. It took a bit of work, but stubbornness sometimes wins.
Chris Macioch from Oceanport Paddle Club setting the vounteers up for success for a huge cleanup event. What a guy!
130 volunteers came out to spruce up the Shrewbury River! Amazing people, amazing company (Oceanport Paddle Company)
Spitting the truth on NJ waterways and their conditions over at the Shrewsbury River
The Volunteer crew at Shark River, Neptune City, with Paddle Time Kayaks
Maryanne rocking and rolling as usual!
Kim got her very first tire! You Rock, Kim!
Han is always hard at work!
It's all about Balance!
Rick on a mission
The crew hard at work!
Muddy day over at Perreineville
Linda and Maryanne parking it after seeing some trash
Deal Lake Crew September 18th
The wise old owl wasn't easy to get, but I love a good challenge!
Getting after it! Deal Lake
Deal Lake with Maryanne!
Amazing Sorority Sisters who came out to Shark River for the land cleanup portion
The amazing Kira from Paddle Time Kayaks.
Shark River AGAIN with only the best type of humans!!
Getting er done!
Maryanne kicking butt cleaning up debris!
Linda coming in fully loaded!
Todd bringing home all the junk!
We coudn't find the body under all the bottles
TEAMWORK!
Rick and Gregg getting a few laughs in
John just being awesome!
Gregg pulling yet another tire out of Assunpink. Way to get er done, Gregg!
Buddies!
All pulled from Assunpink Lake! 16 tires total and I'm sure there are more out there
Anton grabbing everything, including the kitchen sink
I like to pretend I'm a navy seal, especially with my new waders on.
Let's leave a place to be desired to our children!
Lynn Brotherston
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