Items tagged: Adopt a Drain

Adopt A Drain staff would like to wish you the hap-hap-happiest of holidays this year.  If you find you need a break from the festivities, jump on the Adopt A Drain website at champaignil.gov/adoptadrain to learn about this cool program and sign up to adopt a drain, like this one named Clark. Clark is at […]

The “holly-days” are quickly approaching and this drain named Dolly at 1405 Hollycrest Drive would love for a volunteer to adopt her this year!  Adopt A Drain participants help keep leaves and other debris from entering storm drains which can help reduce flooding and keep our waterways clean.  Learn more about the City’s Adopt A […]

We are looking for more volunteers to join the Adopt A Drain program.  Learn about how the program works and sign up to participate at www.champaignil.gov/adoptadrain. This week’s drain is named Wild Bill and is located at 311 S. Willis Avenue.  Wild Bill is a little weathered, loves horses and likes to watch old Westerns […]

Happy Thanksgiving!  Today, we are introducing you to our Thanksgiving drain, Tom, at 1819 Sadler Drive.  Tom enjoys watching parades, eating in excess, watching a good game of football, and afternoon naps.  If you share similar interests with Tom (or even if you don’t), you would be the perfect person to Adopt this Drain! To […]

This week, we our highlighting the efforts of one of our volunteers, Brent W.  He recently cleared 4(!) of his adopted drains, Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, and Leonardo, at E. Park and 4th Streets in Champaign.  These before and after pictures of two of those drains show just how much better they look after being cleaned.  […]

The leaves are falling and we are having a hard time finding this week’s drain!  Have you seen Waldo?  He is located at 2613 Wedgewood Drive in Cherry Hills Subdivision and is looking for a volunteer to help keep him clean.  Clearing a drain only takes a few minutes and can help reduce flooding in […]

It’s Adopt A Drain Friday – Halloween Edition.  The person who adopts the two drains at 1180 Kenwood Road must be a very brave soul.  These drains, Michael and Jason, are looking for a fearless volunteer to clear their grates of leaves and debris, so these materials do not enter local streams and waterways or […]

Hustle over to https://www.champaignil.gov/adoptadrain and learn about the City’s Adopt A Drain Program.  While you’re there, you can adopt this Friday’s drain named Usain at 407 Hessel Blvd.  The leaves on Hessel tend to “bolt” into this drain once they fall off the trees and the drain could use a volunteer to keep the debris […]