Big Sweep: Extra Effort 



As I look 

 back on my 10 

 years of involve- 

 ment with North 

 Carolina Big 

 Sweep, I remem- 

 ber the strides the 

 organization has 

 made in raising 

 the awareness of 

 aquatic debris. 



But many of 

 these accomplish- 

 ments could not 

 have been made 

 without key 

 people who have 

 gone above and 

 beyond the call of 

 devotion to the problem and the 

 organization. They include: 



• Susan Bartholomew, Big 

 Sweep's first coordinator, who 

 gave enthusiasm to the effort and 

 endured the pains of Big Sweep's 

 early growth. 



• Judy Bolin, Big Sweep's 

 executive director, who constantly 

 searches for ways to improve and 

 expand Big Sweep's message and 

 cleanup efforts. She always makes 

 Big Sweep her number one 

 priority. 



• Dave Boylan and Karen 

 Adams of Fox 8 TV in High 

 Point, who organized the televi- 

 sion media partnership program. 



• Chris Bubin, vice president 

 of public relations for First 

 Citizens Bank, who provided a 

 wealth of ideas about how to 

 expand the cleanup and its 

 financial base. 



• Debbie Crane, director of 

 public affairs for the Department 



Volunteers 



1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 



Big Sweep's first cleanup attracted 1 ,000 volunteers. Now, afteryears of publicity and promotion 

 the cleanup steadily draws more than 12,000 people to bag trash. 

 This year, Big Sweep is hoping more than 14,000 people will pitch in to clean up. 



of Environment, Health and Natural 

 Resources, who has helped to expand 

 Big Sweep's publicity and promotion 

 efforts. 



• Alison Davis, public information 

 officer for the N.C. Division of Coastal 

 Management, who gave countless 

 hours to increasing Big Sweep's 

 visibility among the media. 



• Ann Hice of the N.C. Wildlife 

 Resources Commission, who saw the 

 need for Big Sweep to have an 

 educational component. 



• Keep America Beautiful 

 coordinators, who have provided 

 enthusiasm, dedication, ideas and 

 energy to the cleanup. 



• Alex MacFadyen, group vice 

 president of First Citizens Bank, for 

 seeing Big Sweep's potential as a 

 statewide environmental event with a 

 positive impact. 



• Lois Nixon, executive director of 

 Wake County Keep America Beautiful, 

 who led Big Sweep's efforts to form a 

 nonprofit organization and organized 



the board of 

 directors. 



• Caroline 

 Parker, 



executive 

 director of Keep 

 Wayne County 

 Beautiful and a 

 member of the 

 Big Sweep 

 board of 

 directors, who 

 ensured that Big 

 Sweep always 

 had a firm and 

 secure legal and 

 financial basis. 



• Diane 

 Warrender 



Pharo, the former Carteret 

 County Keep America Beautiful 

 coordinator, who provided early 

 energy and enthusiasm to the 

 cleanup. 



• Sea Grant staff past and 

 present — Sarah Friday, Nancy 

 Davis, Calvin Edgerton, Carla 

 Burgess, Jeannie Faris and Debra 

 Lynch — who have done 

 everything — write, photocopy 

 and mail news releases; answer 

 phones; design publications; 

 serve on committees — on behalf 

 of the cleanup. 



• Lundie Spence, who 

 initiated Big Sweep and held it 

 together with her positive attitude 

 and cooperative spirit. 



• Cindy White, an artist with 

 the N.C. Department of Environ- 

 ment, Health and Natural 

 Resources, who has created a 

 wealth of attractive T-shirt, 

 brochure and poster designs for 

 the cleanup. □ Kathy Hart 



First Citizens Bank Big Sweep * Sept. 21, 1996, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

 To volunteer, stop by a branch of First Citizens Bank for a brochure or call 1-800-27-SWEEP. 



JULY/AUGUST 1996 



