Join us on Saturday, April 18th, 2026 for our 27th annual Thames River Clean Up!
An online Coordinator Meeting will be held on – 2026 DATE TBD
Listed below are the names of the community coordinators for established clean ups in various communities. Please check each area for its specific date/time/meeting location.
For more information on these locations, or if you are interested in participating in one of the clean ups listed, please use the contact information to contact the appropriate community coordinator.
All participants that register and take part in our clean up, will be entered into a draw for a Nova Craft canoe or kayak!
Interested in becoming more involved? Coordinators are much needed!
For vacancies under “London Sites Contact”, please connect with Julie TerVrugt at julie.tervrugt@gmail.com
For vacancies under “Surrounding Area Contacts” or for general TRCU information, please connect with Todd Sleeper at td.sleeper@hotmail.com
Additional Coordinators are very much needed in these areas. Beachville,Tavistock, Fanshawe Lake, Wildwood Lake, Innerkip, Avonton, Wardsville and Louisville.
2025 Volunteer Registration Form & Safety Precautions
London site Community Coordinators contact info is listed immediately below.
To see Community Coordinator contact info for those outside of London city proper please click the button
London Site Contacts
London Contact
Contact: London Coordinator – Julie TerVrugt
Email: julie.tervrugt@gmail.com
Phone: 519-636-4348
Notes:
Anne St. To Oxford St. Bridge areas
Contact: Justin Sim
Email: justinsim89@gmail.com
Phone: 519-933-4208
Notes: April 18, 2026 – meet at 9:30 a.m. at the end of Anne Street (Anne Street Community Garden)
Blackfriars Bridge to Queen/Dundas Bridge (Harris Park)
Contact: Jacob Damstra
Email: jdamstra@lerners.ca
Phone:
Notes: April 17, 2026 – meet at 9:30 a.m. at bottom of Dufferin St. hill (Harris Park)
Cedar Hollow (North Thames River and Trail East of Highbury Ave.)
Contact: Chris Johnston
Email: cascar28@hotmail.com
Phone:
Notes: April 18, 2026 – meet at 8:30 a.m. (cleanup 9-11 a.m.) at the Storm Water Management Pond, 563 Killarney Rd.
The Coves
Contact: need coordinator
Email:
Phone:
Notes:
Old south - charles hunt park - carfrae cres. near richmond st.
Contact: Margaret Hopkins
Email: margaret.hopkins@sympatico.ca
Phone: 519-673-4182
Notes: April 18, 2026 – meet at 9 a.m. at Carfrae Cres. near Richmond/Ridout St.
Gibbons Park
Contact: Need Coordinator
Email:
Phone:
Notes: April 18, 2026 – meet at 9:30 a.m. at the Victoria Street parking lot
Greenway Park
Contact:
Email:
Phone:
Notes: April 18, 2026 – closed group cleanup
Ivey Park - Splash Pad
Contact:
Email:
Phone:
Notes: April 28, 2026 – Closed CIR Group Cleanup
Kilally Meadows Environmentally Sensitive Area (Windermere)
Contact: Finley Fearnall
Email: finley.fearnall@gmail.com
Phone: 647-540-7583
Notes: April 18, 2026 – meet at 10 a.m. in the end parking area past the Waltzing Weasel (Windermere and Adelaide)
Kiwanis Park (Pottersburg Creek)
Contact: Rebecca Sans
Email: sans@gdls.com
Phone:
Notes: April 18, 2026 – contact for meet location
Lambeth
Contact: Kim Bartlett
Email: bartlett.kim.s@gmail.com
Phone:
Notes: April 18, 2026 – 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Meet at the Lambeth Community Centre
London Canoe Club
Contact: need coordinator
Email:
Phone:
Notes:
CJF ROSS PARK - Richmond St.
Contact: Julie TerVrugt
Email: julie.tervrugt@gmail.com
Phone:
Notes: April 18, 2026 – meet at 9:30 a.m. in Ross Park parking lot on Richmond St.
Meander Creek / Ridgeview
Contact: Cynthia Kenwell
Email: friends_of_ridgeview@live.com
Phone:
Notes: April 18, 2026 – meet at 9:30 a.m. at path entrance at Ridgeview Drive
Medway Creek at Fanshawe park road
Contact: Bud Greene (Friends of Medway Creek)
Email: budgreene2@gmail.com
Phone:
Notes: April 18, 2026 – meet at 9 a.m. in the parking lot of 410 Ambleside Dr.
Oxford St. West Bridge Area - near Commissioners
Contact:
Email:
Phone:
Notes: closed cleanup group
Pond Mills Pond
Contact: Kevin Garlick
Email: kgarlick023@rogers.com
Phone:
Notes: April 18, 2026 – meet at 9:30 a.m. in parking lot
River Bend Area
Contact: Jerry Hakkers/Rebecca Walker
Email: jerry.hakkers@riverbendgolf.com/ rebecca.walker@riverbendgolf.com
Phone:
Notes: April 18, 2026 – meet at 9 a.m. at the Grounds Department shop – 1955 Jack Nash Terrace – inform gate guard you are there for cleanup.
Springbank Park
Contact: Courtney Beneteau
Email: courtney.l.beneteau@gmail.com
Phone:
Notes: April 18, 2026 – meet at 9 a.m. in upper parking lot, on Commissioners, across from Byron Shoppers Drug Mart
St. Julien Park
Contact: Jenna Lamb/Candace Dorward
Email: jennalamb25@gmail.com/cddorward@rogers.com
Phone:
Notes: April 18, 2026 – meet at 9 a.m. in front of washrooms near playground equipment.
St. Peter's Seminary to North London Athletic Field
Contact:
Email:
Phone:
Notes: King’s University College private cleanup
Stoney Creek - Windermere
Contact: Zhiqiang Li (Li)
Email: lizhiqiangca@gmail.com
Phone: 548-788-5288
Notes: April 18, 2026 – meet at 9:30 a.m. at the southwest corner of Windermere Flats (end of soccer fields)
Stoney Creek - Trossacks Ave
Contact: Linda Smith Email: smithl@thamesriver.on.ca Phone:
Notes: April 19, 2026 – meet at 10 a.m. at Constitution Park (parking lot off Trossacks Ave.)
Euston Park
Contact:
Email:
Phone:
Notes: closed group cleanup
Adelaide St. (@ Kipps Lane) to Highbury Ave.
Contact: Kathy Peters
Email: kathy.peters58@gmail.com
Phone:
Notes: April 18, 2026 – meet between 8:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. at Wells Park (park across Adelaide at North London Athletic Fields) – https://maps.app.goo.gl/HuSh8Xy2LA4FZxJX7
Thames River East of Highbury Ave - Meadowlily Woods Area
Contact: Kathy Tellier
Email: k.tellier@hotmail.com
Phone: 226-268-3563
Notes: April 18, 2026 – meet at 9:30 a.m. at the north end of Meadowlily bridge
Thames River - West of Highbury Avenue North (at cobblestone rd)
Contact: Dani Faucher
Email: sema4dan@proton.me
Phone: 519-933-8377, text preferred.
Notes: April 18, 2026 – meet at 9 a.m. at the court end of Cobblestone Road
B. Davison Secondary School
Contact:
Email:
Phone:
Notes: Closed group clean up
Richard B. Harrison Park
Contact: Gordon Osinski
Email: gosinski@uwo.ca
Phone:
Notes: April 18, 2026 – meet at 9:30 a.m. at the entrance to park @ Clarence and South streets
Cavendish Park
Contact: Mary Anne McCoy
Email: mary_anne.mccoy@hotmail.com
Phone: 519-432-7742
Notes: April 18, 2026 – meet at 9:30 a.m. at the South-East end of park, beside the Food Hub
Vauxhall Park - Price Street
Contact: Jo-Anne Beausoleil
Email: beaus3@hotmail.com
Phone: 519-868-7108
Notes: April 18, 2026 – meet 9 a.m. in parking lot/near washroom at end of Price St.
hunt club - riverbend
Contact: John McDonald
Email: jmcdonald.rotary@gmail.com
Phone:
Notes: April 18, 2026 – meet at 9:30 a.m. at Hunt Club
Surrounding Area Site contacts
Aylmer Wildlife Management
Contact: Kevin Howard
Email: howarde@rogers.com
Phone:
Notes: April 18, 2026. Please meet at the Aylmer Wildlife Management Unit @2pm-4pm
Beachville
Contact: Looking for a coordinator to hand out supplies and clean up along the Beachville Trail area
Notes: Email td.sleeper@hotmail.com for info
Black Creek, Sebringville and Ellice Swamp
Contact: Looking for Coordinator
Email: td.sleeper@hotmail.com
Phone:
Notes: We need volunteers to clean up around all the bridges on Black Creek
Chatham
Contact: Tamara Burton
Email: tamara.burton@corteva.com
Phone: 519-401-8242
Notes: 2026 Date TBD
Dorchester
Contact: Ruth John
Email: dorchestermillpond@gmail.com
Phone: 519-268-8722
Notes: 2026 Date TBD
Embro
Contact: Tristan Donkers
Email: tristan.donkers@gmail.com
Phone:
Notes: April 18, 2026. Email for more info. Need more Volunteers
Fullarton - Between St. Marys & Mitchell
Contact: Ryan Biro
Email: ryan_biro13@hotmail.com
Phone: 647-519-7926
Notes: April 18, 2026 – 9am-noon. Contact for meeting place. Need Volunteers!
Harrington/Wildwood
Contact: Looking for Coordinator
Email: td.sleeper@hotmail.com
Phone:
Notes: Looking for Volunteers
Ingersoll
Contact: Sam Horton
Email: sam.horton@rogers.com
Phone: 519-859-5097
Notes: Saturday, April 18th, 2026; meet at 9am @ the Firehall
Kilworth
Contact: Geoff Bergsma
Email: geoffbergsma@gmail.com
Phone: 519-851-6275
Notes: April 18, 2026 – contact for meet location
Komoka - Delaware
Contact: Geoff Bergsma
Email: geoffbergsma@gmail.com
Phone: 519-851-6275
Notes: April 18, 2026 – contact for meet location
Light House Cove
Contact: Larissa Vogler
Email: larissa_vogler@yahoo.com
Phone: 519-365-3523
Notes: April 18, 2026. Contact for time & clean up location
London - Fanshawe Dam
Contact: Philip King
Email: king@pklaw.ca
Phone:
Notes: Clean up area in below the dam in the fishing area
Thames Valley Trail Association
Contact: TVTA
Email: hike-activities@tvta.ca
Phone:
Notes: 2026 date TBD – Meet at Fisherman’s Point 21403 Rebecca Rd, #21501, Thorndale
Mitchell
Contact: Lindsay Wagg
Email: lwagg@westperth.com
Phone:519-348-8429 ext 239
Notes: April 18, 2026 – 9am to 12. Meet at the Lion’s Park Pavilion
Putnam
Contact: Kelly Regier
Email: thamesriverclothingco@gmail.com
Phone: 519-619-1039
Notes: April 18, 2026 – 9am. Email for clean up location
St. Marys
Contact: Todd Sleeper
Email td.sleeper@hotmail.com
Phone: 519-275-1351
Notes: April 18, 2026 – meet at 9 a.m. at Milt Dunnel Park, aka The Flats. Please email or call if the weather or water levels are a concern.
Stratford
Contact: Bonnie Henderson
Email: cbeacstratford@yahoo.ca
Phone: 519-271-4545
Notes: 2026 date TBD – contact for meet location. Need volunteers!
Thamesford - Grace Patterson Park
Contact: Raylene Deelstra
Email: rayleneyt@icloud.com
Phone:226-234-5676
Notes: April 18, 2026 @9am. Meet at Grace Patterson Park. Please email if you would like to volunteer.
Thorndale
Contact: Danielle Lockie
Email: dlockie@thamescentre.on.ca
Phone: 519-777-7237
Notes: April 18, 2026. Please contact for times and meeting place.
Hodges Pond
Contact: Chad Cornish
Email: mail@chadcornish.ca
Phone: 519-532-4716
Notes: April 18, 2026 – 9am. Rain date: Sunday April 19
Woodstock
Contact: Cathy Stewart-Mott Email: life-in-balance@hotmail.com Phone:519-537-6426 Notes: April 18, 2026 – 9am – 12 p.m. Email for more info.
Fanshawe Lake Cottage Owners
Muncey-Middlemiss
Contact: Lori Smith Email: 27lsnemo@gmail.com Phone: 519-649-4774 Notes: Please contact for more information
Contact: Peter Moddle Email: peter.moddle@carolinian.org Notes: Please contact for more information