Friday April 24 & Saturday April 25
Join us for the 27th year of the Charles River Earth Day Cleanup and give back to the river and parks that are a centerpiece of the community!
The Cleanup is one of the most important events of the year to build awareness and raise funds in support of a cleaner, healthier, and more accessible Charles River. On these days, volunteers and groups will clean up an assigned stretch of the Charles River Basin (Cambridge, Watertown, and Allston/Brighton).
Contact svallieres@thecharles.org for general inquiries.
THANK YOU for helping to keep our parks, shoreline, and river litter-free. Explore more ways to support the CRC and make every day a give-back-to-the-Earth day!
ABOUT THE CLEANUP
Since its inception in 1999, the Charles River Cleanup has mobilized thousands of volunteers annually to remove litter and invasive plants and assist with park maintenance along the Charles River’s 80-mile stretch and within the 1,100 acres of Emerald Necklace parkland surrounding the Muddy River, a vital tributary of the Charles.
The Charles River Cleanup brings together partner groups who recruit over 3,500 community and corporate volunteers each year to pick up litter along the Charles River. Residents are drawn to the popular Charles River Cleanup from a desire to give back to their community while enjoying the beauty and wildlife along the river. Volunteers hold onto the connections they establish during this day of stewardship by returning to the Charles to exercise, play, and enjoy nature throughout the year.
CORPORATE AND INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
The 27th Earth Day Charles River Cleanup is one of the most important events of the year to build awareness and raise funds in support of a cleaner, healthier and more accessible Charles River. As a corporate or institutional partner, your contributions provide critical support for our stewardship, ecological restoration projects, environmental programming and other free community engagements along the Charles year-round—and the need for our work has never been greater! Please see below for contribution rates by group size.
- $2,000 for up to 10 participants
- $4,000 for 11 – 20 participants
- $6,000 for 21 – 30 participants
- $8,000 for 31 – 40 participants
- $10,000 for 41 – 50 participants
- For 50+ participants, please contact Sasha Vallieres (svallieres@thecharles.org)
Corporate and institutional partners will be recognized across several platforms:
- Logo displayed on the CRC’s Earth Day Webpage
- Logo featured in the monthly CRC E-newsletter
- Social media post on Earth Day across all channels
- Company-specific social media highlight (for contributions of $6,000 and above)
- Logo displayed on regional Earth Day website (for contributions of $10,000 and above)
OUR 2026 CLEANUP SPONSORS
OUR PARTNERS
QUESTIONS?
Contact: Sasha Vallieres, Stewardship and Volunteer Program Manager
svallieres@thecharles.org
(617) 300-8173
Lead photo by Ceijay Photography