During the Yuba River Cleanup we encourage volunteers to keep on the lookout for unique trash to enter into the ‘Trash or Treasure’ contest. We typically award prizes at our post-Cleanup volunteer appreciation party. We’ve had to do things a bit different this year, so we’re offering an extended online contest.
We had a number of great entries. Please see below and vote on your favorite: Most Fashionable Find, Most Historical Find, Most Unusual Find, Most Useful Find, and (new this year) Most ‘Above & Beyond’ the Call of Duty.
Thank you to everyone who participated and submitted photos!
Polls close on October 21 at midnight.
The 2020 Yuba River Cleanup results are still coming in. Stay tuned for a full report.
Most Fashionable Find?
Naked Lumberjack on the Loose, Mona Copland
Leaf Shoe, Marlene Sharon
Shiny, Happy, Blurry Tourist, Matt Kimura
Do these socks make me look hungry? Loren Swift Merritt
Most Historical Find?
That's a Really Long Rusty Nail, Syd Brown
Bear River, Kate Hanna
Rusty File and Thing, CJ Cavet
Rusty Chain Drive Unit from a Very Old Car (Possibly 30’s), Ange Parodi
Most Unusual Find?
Tarzan the Gymnast, Georgia Mann
80 Sandhill Cranes Flying Overhead (photo for attention), Steve Allen
Is it Halloween Yet? Joy Elson
Portable Toilet Anyone? Ingo Zirpins
Potentially Bio-hazard Glass Pipe, Keri Matheson
Pioneer Trail, Jaimie Giguere
Happy to Lend a Hand, Traci Gamble
It's a Wigless Wonder, Debbie Hillyard
Most Useful Find?
Any Bumper Will Do, Kate Hanna
Bridgeport, Christine Schau
Polishing off the Beer Keg, Cindy Pawlowski
Working Lighter, Emma Williams
My First Selfie Stick, Sharla Cartzdafner
Reusable Water Bottle, Gary Anawat
Personal Floatation Device Size-Toddler, Jhanna Pezzino
Portrait of a Stroller, Lillian Lacer
Highly Useable Lag Bolt, KC Chapman
Pioneer Trail, Sonja Normann
What a Tool! Joy Elson
Scout Troop 2009 Finds and Repurposes Scooter! Becky Gillespie
Exploring the Culinary Arts in Nature, Debbie Hillyard
Most 'Above & Beyond' the Call of Duty?
Bird Droppings Cleaned by Robert Miller and Team at Van Norden Meadow
Graffiti Removed by Carol Alderdice & Team at Hwy 49 Crossing
Graffiti Removed by Kiana and Gary Reedy at Hwy 49 Crossing