95 miles, 7 days, 1 great time - Paddle Georgia 08

Paddle Georgia is an annual week-long, 100 mile voyage down a different Georgia river during the last week of June. In this adventure, participants experience rivers as few can. Participants paddle through history, see beautiful undisturbed lands, and see the river harnessed for industry and municipal uses. Throughout the trip, participants join in educational activities such as water quality monitoring, sampling for critters, and evening programs. Each night, participants are shuttled to campsites at local schools and other facilities where educational programs, games, entertainment and meals are provided. We offer environmental education programs for Georgia teachers and scholarship programs that bring inner city youth on the journey. We average over 300 participants each year and usually sell out the trip in April or May.

Paddle Georgia has become Georgia's premiere long-distance paddling event in just four years and is one of the only trips of its kind in the Southeast. In the past 4 years, we've introduced more than 1200 individuals to Georgia's rivers and educated them on the importance of these rivers. Additionally we have generated more than $40,000 for river protection in Georgia.

For more information about the event you can visit the website at http://www.garivers.org/paddlegeorgia/pghome.html.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• river
• Georgia
• paddling
• canoe
• kayak
• Paddle Georgia
• Georgia River Network
• clean
• water

[atladventureboys]

This looks fun! If I ever have time I'd for sure want to do this!

[amazonhippie]

Where is everybody's gear?

My kayak is packed full when going on a 3 day trip.

[mel12866]

Thanks April for posting these photos! It looks like you all had a great time - wish I could have been there. The Paddle Georgia family - ahhhh :)

Melissa Hamilton