8th Annual Lower Sycamore Fall Cleanup

Everyone is welcome, including youth volunteers when they are accompanied & supervised by a parent, guardian, or adult group leader. We would be happy to sign off on service hours or provide a Confirmation of Volunteer Service letter for youth volunteers.

Sign-in: 7:30-8:00 a.m. | Safety Briefing: 8 a.m. | Cleanup starts: after safety briefing | Free raffle starts at 12 p.m.

Please arrive before the safety briefing so you can park and get signed in.

Directions: Lower Sycamore is North of the Bee-Line at the Bush Highway Bridge. We are meeting at the parking corral at the bottom of the hill to the right in the parking corral. Park and walk over to the sign-in table located under the green Natural Restorations shade canopy to sign in. Plan your route ahead of time in case we are in a spot where we can’t get cell signal.

GPS Coordinates: 33.641574, -111.545925

Plug the GPS coordinates above into your phone or mapping system.

Do not use the EventBrite map to get here, it will send you to the wrong location! Paste the GPS coordinates above into Google Maps. Apple Maps has sent volunteers to the wrong location.

Volunteers with OHV’s & 4x4’s: this is an OHV area cleanup, if you have an OHV or 4X4, we need your help running the trail down to the wash to pick up trash. If you have a truck or trailer, we could use your help hauling loads of trash to the dumpsters. We will have gloves for you, but we suggest you bring sturdy work gloves, especially for stuff that has been used for target practice.

Non OHV/4-Wheel Drive Volunteers: You do not need an OHV (off-highway vehicle)or 4x4 to participate, the road to the sign-in table is graded but wash boarded so drive slowly & carefully. We highly recommend not driving a car past the parking corral at the bottom of the hill where you sign-in or you will likely get stuck. There are plenty of areas within walking distance of the parking corral that need our help.

Everyone will meet back at the sign-in area at noon for a free raffle. Volunteers will receive a free raffle ticket at sign-in (must be present to win).

We will have at least 3 designated 40-yard dumpsters for everyone to put their trash in so we can get an accurate weight of the amount of trash everyone helps remove.

What to wear: Check the forecast & dress accordingly. Please wear clothing & shoes that can get dirty, muddy, and possibly wet. Last year, there was a light drizzle in the early morning & we still had a great event! Wear long pants, thick-sole & closed toe sturdy shoes (no flipflops/sandals), a hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen.

What to bring: please bring a reusable water bottle or hydration backpack. We will have coolers with water & ice for you to refill and bottled water if anyone needs it. We will provide gloves, bags, trash grabbers, buckets, & rakes. You will be near your vehicle the entire time so you could bring a small cooler with cold beverages and snacks if you'd like.

Snacks: we will have light snacks for volunteers, including fruit. Unfortunately, we no longer have grant funding for a volunteer lunch. If your organization would like to sponsor lunch for volunteers, please reach Nicole at [email protected]

Tonto Recreation Pass: You do NOT need one for this location.

Bathrooms: Stellar Adventures is donating the use of their bathrooms, they will be onsite during the cleanup in the staging area. Thank you, Stellar Adventures!!!

Free Volunteer Raffle: We are hosting a free volunteer raffle at noon for participating volunteers. Everyone will receive a raffle ticket at sign-in, must be present to win. If you or your organization would like to donate to the raffle, please contact us (info below).

NR Merch: We will also have Natural Restorations branded items available for a donation. Natural Restorations is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Gilbert, Arizona. 100% of the proceeds go back into our Restoration Programs on the Tonto National Forest.

Youth Groups: If you need youth registration paperwork ahead of time for parent/guardian signatures, please email us at [email protected] and we will email them over to you.

Large Groups: Please have your group leader email us at [email protected] for a group sign-in sheet to save time the day of the event. The group leader can get everyone in their group signed-in and turn the sheets into us at the registration table.

This project is financed in part by a grant from the Arizona Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Recreation Fund administered by Arizona State Parks & Trails. ⁠Thank you to everyone at Arizona State Parks for their commitment to Arizona's OHV areas & responsible recreation.

If you have any other questions, please click on the CONTACT button at the bottom of this page or email us at [email protected]

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