Realtors® Show Pride by Cleaning Florida’s Waterways

Waterworks will join fireworks during July, as Realtors across Florida take part in Florida Realtors® Clean Up Florida’s Waters project throughout the month.

The statewide push encourages Realtors and residents to join forces to pick up trash and clean the state’s lakes, rivers, streams, retention ponds, bays, Intracoastal Waterway, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean during the event.

“Our waterways and beaches make Florida not just a state, but a state of mind – but only when they’re properly cared for,” says 2021 Florida Realtors President Cheryl Lambert, broker-owner with Only Way Realty Citrus in Inverness. “For all of July, we hope all those who love Florida’s waters will join our statewide effort to beautify the Sunshine State.

Local Realtors and Realtor associations are organizing the statewide water cleanup effort in their communities, and the project is backed by Florida Realtors. The program also encourages local groups to partner with existing environmental groups, such as the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA), local CCA chapters, state Waterkeepers organizations, Keep Florida Beautiful and Captains for Clean Water.

“Depending on local resources, a cleanup project can be large-scale or simple, but every effort counts,” says Jack Winnik, project chair. “The Marco Island Area Association of Realtors will be participating in this statewide effort on Saturday, July 17, 2021, as OUR day to Clean Florida Waters.”

Participants can keep up with their progress using the Clean Swell app, which can track clean-up history, time spent, distance covered, and pounds of trash removed.

For more information or to get involved, contact Jack Winnik, Project Chair or Kandy Sweeney, CEO, Marco Island Area Association of Realtors®. Or visit Florida Realtors’ Florida Waterways Cleanup Event page at www.floridarealtors.org/events/clean-up-florida-waters. Sponsors for Florida Realtors’ Clean Up Florida Waters include Stellar MLS and romo.com LTD.