Adopter Resources

Instructions for hosting before, during, and after a river cleanup.

Please share the Announcements & Safety Tips with your volunteers at each cleanup.

The Cleanup Supply Guide explains what you’ll need for a river cleanup and outlines what Milwaukee Riverkeeper can provide.

The Communications Toolkit is a guide for recruiting more volunteers to your cleanup.

The Initial Location Assessment only needs to be completed once and returned to Milwaukee Riverkeeper in person, by mail, or by scanning and emailing to adoptariver@milwaukeeriverkeeper.org. If anything indicated on the form drastically changes over time, please complete and return another Initial Location Assessment.

Please fill out a Cleanup Report Form for each of your cleanups and return it to Milwaukee Riverkeeper in person, by mail, or by scanning and emailing the form to adoptariver@milwaukeeriverkeeper.org within one week of your cleanup.

This is a read-only version of the Adopter Contract . If you would like to sign an Adopt-A-River Program contract, please email adoptariver@milwaukeeriverkeeper.org.

This is a read-only version of the Co-Branding Agreement . If you would like to sign an Adopt-A-River Program Co-Branding Agreement, please email adoptariver@milwaukeeriverkeeper.org.

All volunteers must read and sign a liability waiver before participating in a river cleanup. Volunteers under the age of 18 must have a parent or guardian sign a waiver on their behalf. Milwaukee Riverkeeper’s Short-Form Liability Waivers (below) help save paper in large volunteer groups!

Todos los voluntarios deben leer y firmar una exención de responsabilidad antes de participar en la limpieza de un río. Los voluntarios menores de 18 años deben tener un padre o tutor que firme una renuncia en su nombre. Las exenciones de responsabilidad de formato corto de Milwaukee Riverkeeper (abajo) ayudan a ahorrar papel en grandes grupos de voluntarios.

These sign-in sheets save paper and may be used in place of the full-sheet waiver as long as all volunteers still read the full-length waiver.